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When The Burma army comes to visit the ethnic minority citizens in eastern Burma, it is usually to take men for forced labor, to commandeer food and livestock, to extort the villagers for the privilege of living within their area of operations, or to take women to work in the military barracks. Most forced laborers will not be paid nor even fed for their grueling work , and many of these women, and the other forced laborers will never return to their villages. Just as often the Burma army may announce their presence by simply mortaring and machine-gunning the village. If this is the case any villagers still alive in the village may be taken away along with the livestock, beaten, tortured, or summarily executed on the spot.The Burma army soldiers will then loot the villagers' homes, and burn them along with the rice barns. The days of genocide are for the most part passed now, and the Burma army soldiers will seldom even chase the vilagers into the jungle, they know where they are, and that they will return to search for food, and other items to help them survive. Landmines will be placed throughout the village and around any remaining crops in the field. These landmines kill or maim many men, women, and children each year. Rather than using genocide, the Burma army commanders prefer to let the jungle claim as many lives as are needed to make the villagers more compliant in the future, at which point the commanders will make a good living by extortion, forced labor, and forced quotas of food and building materials which the commanders will sell at 100% profit while the villagers do without. Whatever work needs to be done from road repair, to maintenance around the army bases, to hauling ammunition and supplies up and down the jungled mountains to army outposts which will be the staging points for further attacks on their own people. Or, in some cases the village rice paddies are confiscated and converted into castor oil, palm oil, or rubber plantations, which are then leased to private companies to run, and supplied with villagers to work for nothing, in the fields which used to supply their food.The villagers' only option if they have any warning is to grab their children, and a few survival necessities and head off into the jungle. From there they will take their chances with nature, which over the long run may be commiting suicide to save their lives. If it is the rainy season they will be suffering an even worse fate, but with the Burma army around, there are few options.

When The Burma army comes to visit the ethnic minority citizens in eastern Burma, it is usually to take men for forced labor, to commandeer food and livestock, to extort the villagers for the privilege of living within their area of operations, or to take women to work in the military barracks. Most forced laborers will not be paid nor even fed for their grueling work , and many of these women, and the other forced laborers will never return to their villages. Just as often the Burma army may announce their presence by simply mortaring and machine-gunning the village. If this is the case any villagers still alive in the village may be taken away along with the livestock, beaten, tortured, or summarily executed on the spot.The Burma army soldiers will then loot the villagers' homes, and burn them along with the rice barns. The days of genocide are for the most part passed now, and the Burma army soldiers will seldom even chase the vilagers into the jungle, they know where they are, and that they will return to search for food, and other items to help them survive. Landmines will be placed throughout the village and around any remaining crops in the field. These landmines kill or maim many men, women, and children each year. Rather than using genocide, the Burma army commanders prefer to let the jungle claim as many lives as are needed to make the villagers more compliant in the future, at which point the commanders will make a good living by extortion, forced labor, and forced quotas of food and building materials which the commanders will sell at 100% profit while the villagers do without. Whatever work needs to be done from road repair, to maintenance around the army bases, to hauling ammunition and supplies up and down the jungled mountains to army outposts which will be the staging points for further attacks on their own people. Or, in some cases the village rice paddies are confiscated and converted into castor oil, palm oil, or rubber plantations, which are then leased to private companies to run, and supplied with villagers to work for nothing, in the fields which used to supply their food.The villagers' only option if they have any warning is to grab their children, and a few survival necessities and head off into the jungle. From there they will take their chances with nature, which over the long run may be commiting suicide to save their lives. If it is the rainy season they will be suffering an even worse fate, but with the Burma army around, there are few options.

HUSEINEYEH CAMP, Syria, 24 June 2008 -- If Aziza Melkash were not in this yellow-curtained room among 31 other teenagers intently discussing research findings, she would be holed up at home with little to do and nowhere to go. As an eighth-grader living in Huseineyeh camp near Damascus, Aziza first came to the UNICEF-supported adolescent-friendly learning space (AFLS) here in 2005 to learn about child abuse. The diminutive adolescent and scores of her peers in Palestinian refugee camps across Syria have since learned something even more important: how to recognize what needs to change in their communities, and how to be part of that change. "Now, when I see something wrong, I speak up," says Aziza. Since 2005, up to 3,500 adolescents have received AFLS training on child rights and life skills -- ranging from leadership and communication to healthy behaviour -- as part of a Norwegian-funded, UNICEF-designed programme to help young Palestinian refugees better protect themselves and contribute to their communities. To read the full story, visit: http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/syria_44612.html

http://WatchMojo.com/ celebrates the forgotten world population of refugees on World Refugee Day, every June 20th. Author: WatchMojo Keywords: day economic gain imprisonment persecution prosperity refugee refugees situation stereotypes trauma unsolvable world Added: June 20, 2008

Learn About World Refugee Day

Learn About World Refugee Day

HARDtalk: Are refugees from Iraq being returned to a unsafe country? Author: bbcworldnews Keywords: BBC News HARDtalk Antonio Guterres UN High Commission Refugees Added: June 20, 2008

HARDtalk: Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The UN has a responsibility to protect, but what can it achieve in countries who don't want their help? Author: bbcworldnews Keywords: BBC News HARDtalk Antonio Guterres UN High Commission Refugees Added: June 20, 2008

Angelina Jolie has produced a public service announcement for refugees.

Give refugees a hand! Please take a moment to upload a video of you and your friends making the "protecting hands" symbol, as other's have done here. For each original video uploaded, our sponsors will donate $1 to help the UNHCR protect refugees worldwide. It's a simple way to get involved! Author: unhcr Keywords: UNHCR "World Refugee Day" Luol Deng NBA sports hands protection friends donation news refugees Added: June 19, 2008

Give refugees a hand! Please take a moment to upload a video of you and your friends making the protecting hands symbol, as other's have done here. For each original video uploaded, our sponsors will donate $1 to help the UNHCR protect refugees worldwide. It's a simple way to get involved!

For the last four years, the Darfur issue has been making headlines around the world. This episode of Inside Story asks where a true solution to the conflict, in which the UN says up to 300,000 may have died, lies. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: aljazeera inside story darfur sudan conflict refugees united nations african union khartoum Added: June 17, 2008

For Refugee Week, police in Canada, New Zealand and Australia tell of changing practice over recent years in their work with refugees, migrant groups and Indigenous communities. An Aboriginal Police Officer in Winnipeg talks about being a member of Canada's "stolen generations." At a meeting in Brisbane between the Sudanese community and police the conversation is about new ways of finding peace. In Melbourne, Victoria Police tell of their unique Multi Faith Council which talks with religious leaders across all groups.

Refugees say Myanmar's military government is forcing farmers off their land as it rushes to grow plants for biofuel production. Al Jazeera's Selina Downes reports. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: myanmar farmers biofuels refugees selina downes aljazeera Added: June 10, 2008

Executive Producer/Director: Brittany MitchellAssistant Director: Christine GrafPhotos provided by Karen Button, Arlene Flaherty, Laura Sheahan, Kerry English, CRS, WikipediaNarrator: Christopher SweeneyMusic provided by Canary, MobyGratis, MindnoiseSpecial thanks to: Karen Button, Laura Sheahan, female Iraqi citizen, Louis, the Iraqi Student Project, Ken Hackett, Arlene Flaherty, Maureen McCullough, Jerry Zurek, Cathy Yungmann, CRS, Refugees International, Wikipedia, Archive.org.Produced at Cabrini College, Communication Dept., 610 King of Prussia Rd., Radnor, PA 19087Sites mentioned: www.crs.orgwww.refugeesinternational.orgwww.iraqistudentproject.org

Untie the rope and hop aboard Encounter when we sail off into the open ocean. Many religious traditions recognise the desert as a place for spiritual growth, so if the red earth is replaced with blue water that stretches to the horizon, what secrets are whispered to sailors? In this program we find out what it´s like to be stuck on a container ship for months on end; or caught in a terrifying storm mid-ocean as a refugee; or faced with death while on active duty on a Navy ship. We talk to Christians, Muslims and a Buddhist about the vastness of the ocean, loneliness, freedom and death.

Feminist Outspoken Minister Skalli explains Moroccan Women Rights developments new Civil Law enacted in Morocco improved women positions within the family. a large improvement in the areas of divorce, alimony, education and minimum age of marriage for young women. The situation of women in Polisario camps, guerrilla group for an independent western Sahara, are suffering greatly and the western aid is being diverted to black markets in the regions , enriching Polisario leadership at expense of civilian refugees. Voice over in Arabic, Sound Bites in English

The situation in the capital Johannesburg of South Africa is still tense. Some 2,000 refugees from Zimbabwe still seek refuge in the Methodist s Church in Johannesburg. Branded evaluation copy.

The situation in the capital Johannesburg of South Africa is still tense. Some 2,000 refugees from Zimbabwe still seek refuge in the Methodist s Church in Johannesburg. Branded evaluation copy. The news reports from Dutch video journalist Ruud Elmendorp.

Although the situation in South Africa calmed down the situation is still tense. 10,000nds of foreigners remain in spontaneous camps and refuges. Report from Jeppe Police Station in Johannesburg where almost 2,000 people are camping. Branded preview for evaluation and orders.

Although the situation in South Africa calmed down the situation is still tense. 10,000nds of foreigners remain in spontaneous camps and refuges. Report from Jeppe Police Station in... The news reports from Dutch video journalist Ruud Elmendorp.

CLASSIC LNL: Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers Originally broadcast on 22/9/2002. A discussion with three eminent Australians about their own migration experiences (two were child refugees and one an adult migrant), past and present immigration policies, people smuggling, refugees and asylum seekers.

The future of Iraq is to be the focus of an international summit in the Swedish capital this week. But the tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees living in Stockholm remain unconvinced by claims the situation back home is improving. Clayton Swisher reports from Sweden's'Little Baghdad'. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: Sweden Iraq refugees Aljazeera Al jazeera Clayton Swisher Added: May 27, 2008

NYTimes.com - Across the English Channel, Matt finds art, beer, fries, but also refugees struggling to survive. Author: thenewyorktimes Keywords: NYTimes.com The New York Times Frugal Traveler Grand Tour English Channel Matt Art Beer Fries Refugees Struggling Added: May 23, 2008

The second episode of a special programme that looks at one street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and how that street conveys the tragic narrative of the Palestinian 'Nakba'. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: aljazeera palestine street bride exile ajami jaffa tel aviv israel refugees nakba geoff dunlop mona ibellini Added: May 18, 2008

The second episode of a special programme that looks at one street in Jaffa, Tel Aviv and how that street conveys the tragic narrative of the Palestinian 'Nakba'. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Keywords: aljazeera palestine street ajami bride exile jaffa tel aviv israel refugees middle east nakba geoff dunlop mona ibellini Added: May 18, 2008