An international advocacy group is warning that 1.5 million to 2 million southern Sudanese now living in the northern part of their country could face persecution if the south approves a referendum next year to secede.
Kenneth Bacon, a former reporter and Pentagon spokesman who later served as a top advocate of displaced people all over the world, died Saturday, according to Refugees International. He was 64.
A leading humanitarian group says Sunni and Shiite militias in Iraq are pulling displaced people into their movements because governments and international entities are failing to adequately address their plight.
New video from Refugees International shows plight of Somalis. CNN's Barbara Starr reports.
The woman walked into the sprawling camp outside the Somali capital last month carrying her month-old baby, with her other seven children in tow.
The State Department hopes to meet its goal of resettling 12,000 Iraqi refugees by September, despite admitting only 375 so far this year, the department's refugee coordinator said Monday.
In 1982, during a period of dangerous stalemate in the Middle East peace process, I gave a speech at Georgetown University about the critical need for a more engaged and balanced role for the United States in the region.
The following are links to aid group Web sites who are assisting civilians in the Mideast crisis (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic):
The sixth annual World Refugee Day is Tuesday. The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in 2000 to remember refugees on a special day each year.
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