Refugiados (Continuación)

EuropaUnión Europea, ,

Nehad has the hunched look of a man who has lived with fear for years. It was to escape fear that he fled Iraq for Europe in 2003, hoping to start a new life beyond the reach of the torture and prisons of Saddam Hussein's regime in northern Iraq. But after four years of failed asylum applications in the UK, he is still living in fear.He's too nervous to tell his story inside the cafe where we meet for fear of eavesdroppers, so we sit outside. He flinches as a policewoman passes. He says he never answers a knock on his front door at home in Birmingham; friends know to call first to tell him they are coming.…  Seguir leyendo »

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James Baker has never met Alia Al-Naradi, but they both have an interest in seeing the United States engage Syria on Iraq. For Baker, engagement is about stabilizing Iraq to allow the United States to exit gracefully. For Alia, it's about survival.

Alia is an Iraqi refugee who fled to Syria, a country that has absorbed more than 750,000 Iraqis since the beginning of the war. Syria's resources are now stretched thin, and without international help, it may not be able to accept vulnerable Iraqis much longer. Working with Syria through the United Nations to help Iraqi refugees could provide a humanitarian first step for greater engagement.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Por Vidal Martín, área de Derechos Humanos, FRIDE (FRIDE, 06/09/06):

Cientos de miles de personas se han visto afectadas por la ofensiva de Israel en Líbano en el último mes y se han convertido en desplazados interiores, refugiados o personas aisladas y asediadas. Los sistemas legales y técnicos de protección funcionaron de forma muy limitada. El Estado libanés se encuentra débil para asistir a las víctimas y para organizar una operación de rehabilitación y regreso de los desplazados. A la vez, la capacidad de los Estados vecinos es limitada y la ayuda humanitaria ha tenido hasta ahora acceso restringido. En el caso de que se cumpla la resolución 1701 de la ONU comenzaría un complejo proceso de ayuda para estas personas.

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By William Darlymple, the author of From the 'Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium' (THE GUARDIAN, 02/09/06):

Wander through the streets of Damascus this week, and you will see signs everywhere of the conflict in Lebanon. The bearded, black-turbaned Hassan Nasrallah stares out from every shop window, even in the Christian quarter. Here electric-blue neon crosses wink from the domes of the churches, and processions of crucifix-carrying boy scouts squeeze past gaggles of Christian girls heading out on the town, all low-cut jeans and tight-fitting T-shirts. The video shops are full of DVDs showing "highlights" from the war - exploding Israeli tanks and jubilant Hizbullah fighters - which sell even better than the ubiquitous pirated versions of the latest Hollywood releases, The Devil Wears Prada and The Da Vinci Code: evidence that in the contemporary Middle East you don't have to hate western culture, or even be a Muslim, to relish the bloody nose given to ill-judged Israeli and American attempts at imposing their hegemony in the region by force of invasion and cluster bombs.…  Seguir leyendo »