Read more refugee stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/9927/refugee.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:46:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70983/gay-iraqis-fear-for-their-lives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIraqi society is overwhelmingly homophobic, but that prejudice took a back seat to more pressing issues while war was raging. Now, as Shia militias find themselves with time on their hands, they appear to have turned to a perceived internal problem, “to make society clean from bad things.” How can...http://www.newser.com/story/70983/gay-iraqis-fear-for-their-lives.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 16:41:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70869/dont-forget-iraqi-refugees-brangelina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in Syria, using their powers for good. The celebrity übercouple visited Iraqi refugees in Damascus today in an attempt to keep the lowest-profile victims of the war from falling off the radar, People reports. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN's refugee agency, released...http://www.newser.com/story/70869/dont-forget-iraqi-refugees-brangelina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 17:04:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69967/french-roust-migrant-jungle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFrench riot police stormed in today to clear an immigrant camp known as "the Jungle," the Guardian reports. The camp in woodlands outside Calais was home to hundreds of asylum seekers living in squalid conditions. Most were men and boys from Afghanistan seeking to cross to Britain on trucks going...http://www.newser.com/story/69967/french-roust-migrant-jungle.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 3:36:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65345/us-brands-refugees-terrorists-denies-asylum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRefugees hoping to stay in America are SOL if they backed armed movements back home—even if they fought dictators or have since worked for the United States, McClatchy reports. Following a Patriot Act provision, officials have denied more than 7,000 requests for green cards, refugee status, and asylum...http://www.newser.com/story/65345/us-brands-refugees-terrorists-denies-asylum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 26 Jul 2009 16:58:00 CDThttp://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/65143/youths-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour boys aged 9 to 14 are being held in connection with the sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl in Phoenix, the Arizona Republic reports. All of the children are Liberian refugees. Police say the boys lured the girl into a shed with chewing gum and “took turns” assaulting her....http://www.newser.com/story/65143/youths-charged-with-sexual-assault-of-8-year-old-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Jul 2009 13:36:02 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/63003/forget-pakistans-claims-taliban-is-only-hiding-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPakistan is crowing over its victories against militants in the Swat Valley, but the Taliban has simply retreated to fight another day, Jane Perlez and Pir Zubair Shah write in the New York Times . Pakistan, which only controls roads and urban centers, hasn't even killed one Taliban leader. "Most of...http://www.newser.com/story/63003/forget-pakistans-claims-taliban-is-only-hiding-out.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Jun 2009 15:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62159/brangelina-donate-1m-to-aid-pakistan-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been keeping busy with charity work between film shoots, People reports. The Pitt-Jolie Foundation yesterday gave $1 million to help refugees displaced by fighting in Pakistan, and a $1 million donation from "the Brad Pitt family" was made to the newly christened Jane Pitt...http://www.newser.com/story/62159/brangelina-donate-1m-to-aid-pakistan-refugees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Jun 2009 1:22:58 CDT