refugee

SBS was one of my favourite channels when I lived in Australia. They recently aired a controversial reality TV programme called, 'Go back where you came from'. Here is the official synopsis. Six ordinary Australians agree to challenge their preconceived notions about refugees and asylum...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

A paralyzed Indian refugee claimant is heading back to the Sikh temple that gave him sanctuary when he initially faced the prospect of being removed from Canada in July. More...

Toronto: The Canadian government has granted a 60-day stay on the deportation of a paralysed Sikh refugee. He was to have been sent to India on Monday after sympathisers launched a campaign urging authorities to let him stay. Laibar ... More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man is expressing thanks to the Sikh community in Abbotsford, B.C., after a local temple offered him sanctuary on the verge of his deportation back to India. More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man is expressing thanks to the Sikh community in Abbotsford, B.C., after a local temple offered him sanctuary on the verge of his deportation back to India. More...

A 48-year-old paralyzed man has taken sanctuary in a Sikh temple in Abbotsford, B.C., after immigration authorities rejected his refugee claim and ordered his deportation. More...

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070709.BCEVADE09/TPStory/National AVOIDING DEPORTATION Refugee seeks asylum in Sikh temple Supporters of claimant say it's cruel to send the recently disabled man back to India, where the level of care is uncertain JANE ARMSTRONG July 9...

Round-up of racial violence (Independent Race and Refugee News Network) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=11m2suh1d/*http%3A//www.irr.org.uk/2005/september/ha000010.html Array Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:56:24 GMT Eight weeks after the London bombings racial violence attacks are...

Sadako Ogata was not the obvious choice to head the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees when she took over in February 1991. She broke precedent in several ways. She was the first women, the first Japanese, and the first academic to run the world’s refugee agency...