UN: Visa limits stop fleeing Iraqis
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The number of Iraqis fleeing their homeland has declined in recent months, primarily because neighboring countries refuse to let them enter, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug 6 (IPS) - Rejected Afghan and Iraqi asylum-seekers have  launched nationwide protest against a stricter migration policy.
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At least 1,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes each day because of violence and insecurity Â a figure that could increase with threats of cross-border attacks into northern Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Up to 30,000 refugees fleeing conflicts  in Chad and the Central African Republic have crossed into east  Cameroon prompting the United Nations Refugee Agency to open an  office there to help them, a UNHCR official said on Thursday.
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Iraq will close all its borders for five days starting next week, the government said on Thursday, in a move designed to boost security.
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Iraq will seal its borders next week to  prevent Shi'ite pilgrims flooding into the country, the  government said Thursday, in the latest emergency measure  intended to thwart insurgent violence.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 31 -- Iraq indefinitely halted all flights to and from Syria and closed a border crossing with Iran as the government prepares for a security crackdown, a parliament member and an airport official said Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
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A new migration deal between Italy and Libya has stopped thousands of people reaching Italian shores illegally, Italy's interior minister has said.
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The U.S. government has temporarily stopped deporting people to Sri Lanka and Maldives, two of the countries devastated by the tsunami disaster.
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A small group of Iraqis seeking refuge from the violence in their country has been granted permission to move to the United States, months after withering criticism over slow U.S. help for refugees.
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Syria has closed its borders to Iraqis and imposed new visa rules that will legally require 1.5 million Iraqis currently in Syria to return to Iraq.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sep 15 (IPS) - As the number of international migrants from poor  to rich nations continues to rise -- reaching a record 191  million in 2005 -- most Western countries have either imposed or  are planning to impose restrictions to reduce the flow of humans  into their territories.
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The United States aims to accept about 7,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of the year, U.S. officials said on Wednesday as the State Department sought to blunt criticism that it took in only 202 last year.
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The Russian authorities say they plan to limit the number of foreign migrants allowed in for work.
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The U.N. refugee agency appealed Thursday to the European Union to do more to protect refugees fleeing Iraq, saying the war was the cause of the biggest displacement of people in the Middle East in recent history.
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The Bush administration plans to allow about 7,000 Iraqi refugees to settle in the United States over the next year, a huge expansion at a time of mounting international pressure to help millions who have fled their homes in the nearly four-year-old war.
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The U.N. sounds the alarm over Syria's new visa rules for Iraqis.