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Spring brings uncertainty for Afghan refugees in West
With the arrival of spring at the end of March, many people who fled Afghanistan could be forced to return from richer countries whose governments now classify it as safe. However, the transitional government and refugee support organisations say some regions are still insecure and resources are overstretched. Ruth Gidley reports on what's in store for them.

Agencies off guard as Afghans flock home
LONDON, Oct 11 (AlertNet) - A year after the United States and its allies launched their military campaign against Afghanistan, more than two million Afghans who fled the bombing -- and years ...

VIEWPOINT: NGOs should not exclude people on political grounds
Marina Skuric-Prodanovic, a former aid worker in Serbia, argues that donors and NGOs excluded communities perceived as supporters of the ex Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. People in Iraq, Sudan and Afghanistan will suffer if the Kosovo crisis model is uncritically applied elsewhere, she says.

Features

19 Mar 2003
War's human cost likely to frustrate U.S. objectives
Larry Minear is director of the Humanitarianism and War Project at Tufts University in Massachusetts. He writes that the United States could better achieve its objectives without launching an attack on Iraq, which is likely to cause a humanitarian catastrophe that would frustrate U.S. political and security hopes in the region

18 Dec 2002
Agencies fear consequences, but plan for war in Iraq
The main worry for relief agencies if there is a U.S.-led attack on Iraq is the prospect of fresh damage to the country’s infrastructure, already in tatters from sanctions and two decades of conflict, and how Iraqis will cope if water, electricity and food supplies are cut. NGOs in the northern, southern and central regions are planning for a new emergency, reports Ruth Gidley.

09 Dec 2002
ACTED: our goals are realistic and tangible
Originally set up in Afghanistan, the Paris-based Agency for Technical Cooperation and Development (ACTED) runs emergency, rehabilitation and development projects in four continents. One of the founders, General Delegate Marie-Pierre Caley, told Amy Cook about the organisation’s sustainable approach to disaster relief.

02 Dec 2002
CESVI: helping Afghans get back their lives
CESVI, the Italian acronym for Cooperazione e Sviluppo (Cooperation and Development), embodies this AlertNet member's philosophy of working closely with recipients of aid and giving them leading ...

23 Aug 2002
Asylum principles under threat since Sept 11
Since September 11, 2001, there has been an unprecedented consensus that refugees are more of a threat than an asset, writes Matthew J. Gibney of the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He argues that these events remind us why the institution of asylum is important and should not be bartered for a marginal increase in security.

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