Saturday, October 29, 2005

Taking the temperature of the world's refugees / Reuters AlertNet , 28 Oct 2005

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/247afcde62e3cb95b6ba6a327c24c424.htm
"In October, the UN refugee agency has been holding a series of meetings with refugees and asylum seekers in some 40 countries throughout the world. This is part of the Gender Age and Diversity (GAD) roll-out, a new global exercise designed to improve understanding of the concerns of refugees themselves. The title is somewhat off-putting, but the exercise is considerably more interesting and less bureaucratic than it sounds. And it should result in some very tangible benefits for refugees and asylum seekers"