Desperate Kurd plays final asylum card

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The Interprovincial Mobility of Immigrants in Canada

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New JICA chief wants aid profile lift | The Japan Times Online

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CDRQ Vol.3 & 4 now online

Volumes 3 and 4 of our journal CDRQ are now available online. Vol.3 features a special report on last year’s triple disaster in Japan.

Vol.3 main articles:

Addressing Gender-based Violence within Bhutanese Refugees Camps in Nepal” Simona DONINIĀ 
Old Wine in New Bottles: The EU Common Migration Policy” Magdalena IONESCU


Vol.4 main article:

Filipino Migrant Workers In Italy: How Do Cultural Factors Promote Filipino Migration To Italy?” Junko MIURA

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Japan looks to take in more ethnic Karen refugees from Myanmar

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Advisors hold first resettlement meeting

(Original article in Japanese)

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Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter: Asylum approval rate in Japan still shockingly low

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Contributed by KatsunoriKoike, formerly a Legal Officer at the JapanAssociationforRefugees, and currently a UN volunteer with UNHCR in Kenya.

The 2011 statistics concerning asylum application were releasedon 24 

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Number of visa overstayers plunges 14% to all-time low | The Japan Times Online

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Visa problem makes separation from kids even worse

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Pay for our trips home - the Islamic Women's Welfare Association

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