Read more refugee camp stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/2123/refugee-camp.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65162/angelina-tours-iraqi-camps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngelina Jolie visited a refugee camp near Baghdad today, part of her duties as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency, People reports. While visiting one displaced family, she asked if they wished to return to their home. "No way," said one daughter, in a reminder of the violence...http://www.newser.com/story/65162/angelina-tours-iraqi-camps.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:45:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63513/refugee-crisis-opens-doors-for-pakistans-secluded-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWomen's leaders in Pakistan have found an unexpected silver lining in the country's refugee crisis, the Globe & Mail reports. A million women have been forced from their homes by the fighting, upending the Pashtun code of honor that forces women to spend almost all their time secluded in family...http://www.newser.com/story/63513/refugee-crisis-opens-doors-for-pakistans-secluded-women.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Jul 2009 13:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58586/refugee-tally-hits-13m-as-pakistan-plans-ground-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistani forces told more residents of Swat Valley to flee during a 9-hour lull in fighting today, sparking an even greater migration that is snarling roads and deepening a humanitarian crisis, the Guardian reports. A quarter million refugees have now registered for help, bringing the homeless tally to 1.3...http://www.newser.com/story/58586/refugee-tally-hits-13m-as-pakistan-plans-ground-strike.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 10 May 2009 19:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58311/as-pakistan-shells-taliban-500k-flee-swat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRefugees continue to flee the Swat Valley in Pakistan, reports the Guardian, where government forces battling resurgent Taliban militants have been conducting airstrikes in heavily populated areas. The government is preparing for up to 500,000 refugees in what the UN warns is becoming a humanitarian crisis. The Washington Post...http://www.newser.com/story/58311/as-pakistan-shells-taliban-500k-flee-swat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 07 May 2009 6:55:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55302/darfur-crisis-will-worsen-in-weeks-us-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe humanitarian situation in Darfur will worsen significantly in just a few weeks if aid organizations do not move quickly, says the new American envoy. Scott Gration said groups expelled by President Omar Bashir last month for allegedly colluding with the International Criminal Court to indict him on war crimes...http://www.newser.com/story/55302/darfur-crisis-will-worsen-in-weeks-us-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 04 Apr 2009 11:22:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/43063/anarchy-rules-desperate-congo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBewildered residents in eastern Congo talk of the "front line" separating rebel territory from areas controlled by the army. But no such line exists—only a jumble of unstable, chaotic territories with no checkpoints or fortifications, reports the New York Times . While a ceasefire between the two sides seems to...http://www.newser.com/story/43063/anarchy-rules-desperate-congo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Nov 2008 5:55:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28605/s-africa-to-build-refugee-camps-for-foreigners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSouth Africa is planning to establish refugee camps for the foreigners driven from their homes by anti-immigrant violence, the New York Times reports. The shelters, dubbed “temporary places of safety,” would initially house the 11,000 people sheltered near police stations across the country, but could eventually be expanded to...http://www.newser.com/story/28605/s-africa-to-build-refugee-camps-for-foreigners.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 28 May 2008 9:57:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28552/burma-relief-effort-belies-need.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBurma's junta would have one believe it's got the situation under control in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, and even has a test-case diorama as evidence for foreign envoys, the Times of London reports. Sinkan refugee camp hosts 180 well-fed, healthy inhabitants in clean blue tents—while 10 minutes down...http://www.newser.com/story/28552/burma-relief-effort-belies-need.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 May 2008 16:48:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23840/google-tracking-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new feature allows Google Earth users to take a tour of the world’s refugee hotspots, with images of camps supplemented by information from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the AP reports. The search titan has greatly improved the available resolution in its satellite photos of refugee areas—for...http://www.newser.com/story/23840/google-tracking-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Apr 2008 17:45:05 CDT