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Analysis: The plight of LGBTI asylum seekers, refugees
7 May 2013
(IRIN
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Refugees and asylum seekers face a host of challenges when crossing borders, but the obstacles are particularly pronounced for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) persons, say experts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97989/Analysis-The-plight-of-LGBTI-asylum-seekers-refugees
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In Brief: Raids free enslaved migrants/refugees in Yemen
2 May 2013
(IRIN
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The army in Yemen has started a crackdown on illegal smuggling hideouts in the north where migrants, refugees and asylum seekers from the Horn of Africa are frequently held against their will and tortured by criminal gangs looking for ransom money.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97961/In-Brief-Raids-free-enslaved-migrants-refugees-in-Yemen
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Arab cities aim to build resilience to natural disasters
29 April 2013
(IRIN
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Prevention may be better than a cure, but for the authorities in Arab cities and towns, natural disasters up to now have been largely about coping with them after they have taken place.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97941/Arab-cities-aim-to-build-resilience-to-natural-disasters
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Migrant voices - Ethiopians in Yemen describe kidnapping and torture
11 April 2013
(IRIN
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Record numbers of migrants from the Horn of Africa are crossing into Yemen, most of them on their way to find better opportunities in Saudi Arabia and other rich Gulf countries. But many do not make it any further. Seeking a new life, they end up unwitting victims of a smuggling racket designed to exploit the migrants at each juncture of their journey.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97826/Migrant-voices-Ethiopians-in-Yemen-describe-kidnapping-and-torture
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Challenges in using micro-credit to help Yemen’s poor
21 March 2013
(IRIN
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Yemen has been a regional pioneer in micro-credit but are these loans lifting people about of poverty?
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97692/Challenges-in-using-micro-credit-to-help-Yemen-s-poor
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Arab world
20 March 2013
(IRIN
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Nearly 300 government officials, scientists, aid workers and activists from across the Arab world are working together in Jordan to draw up the first joint regional platform for disaster risk reduction (DRR).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97685/Disaster-Risk-Reduction-in-the-Arab-world
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Middle East food security tracking tool launched
8 March 2013
(IRIN
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Aid workers and policy makers looking for easy access to malnutrition data in Yemen or how rainfall tends to vary in Syria can now turn to a handy web-based tool. Launched in February, the Arab Spatial aims to fill the information gap on food security in the region, ultimately leading to better development policies.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97613/Middle-East-food-security-tracking-tool-launched
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Export oil, import water – the Middle East’s risky economics
5 March 2013
(IRIN
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The world’s driest region, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), is getting drier at an alarming rate.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97596/Export-oil-import-water-the-Middle-East-s-risky-economics
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Breakdown of Syria aid pledges in Kuwait
1 February 2013
(IRIN
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The international community pledged more than US$1.5 billion in humanitarian aid to Syria on 30 January, in the most successful fundraising conference in UN history - meant to meet the needs of two UN appeals:
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97395/Breakdown-of-Syria-aid-pledges-in-Kuwait
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Aid agencies launch Yemen appeal
22 January 2013
(IRIN
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Yemen needs a major boost in humanitarian support if the transition to political stability is to stand a good chance of succeeding, said aid workers at today’s launch of the 2013 Humanitarian Response Plan.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97310/Aid-agencies-launch-Yemen-appeal
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Challenges abound as aid reaches Yemen’s south
21 January 2013
(IRIN
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Assistance is increasing to Yemen’s southern governorate of Abyan, as it emerges from war and tens of thousands of people return home. But the aid scale-up comes in the context of a complex and still fragile environment, which has left aid workers wary of being too optimistic.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97292/Challenges-abound-as-aid-reaches-Yemen-s-south
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Analysis: Aid money unspent as Yemen’s transition process drags on
17 January 2013
(IRIN
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The transitional peace process in Yemen is struggling to move forward and billions of dollars of aid assistance is going untapped, according to UK Minister of State for International Development Alan Duncan.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97270/Analysis-Aid-money-unspent-as-Yemen-s-transition-process-drags-on
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In Brief: More than 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen
16 January 2013
(IRIN
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The results of the first ever national child labour survey in Yemen suggest the country has more than 1.3 million child labourers, about 17 percent of all children.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97263/In-Brief-More-than-1-3-million-child-labourers-in-Yemen
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MIDDLE EAST: 2012 - a year of continuing turmoil
31 December 2012
(IRIN
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While much of the world has been consumed by quickly changing political and security developments in the Middle East this year, longer-term humanitarian issues have also been simmering under the surface – and sometimes in plain – but neglected – view. Here are 10 stories IRIN brought you in 2012.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97155/MIDDLE-EAST-2012-a-year-of-continuing-turmoil
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ETHIOPIA-YEMEN: Jemmal Ahmed, “I survived a deadly trip to Yemen"
21 December 2012
(IRIN
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Jemmal Ahmed, 21, was recently deported back to Ethiopia after a nine-month stay in a prison in Yemen for illegally entering the country a few months earlier. His intention had been to cross over into Saudi Arabia to find work.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/97104/ETHIOPIA-YEMEN-Jemmal-Ahmed-I-survived-a-deadly-trip-to-Yemen
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DJIBOUTI-ETHIOPIA: Irregular migration continues unabated
21 December 2012
(IRIN
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More people from the Horn of Africa region, especially Ethiopia and Somalia, are crossing international borders as irregular migrants - lacking official documentation or approval - drawn by the promise of a better life in the Arabian Peninsula.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97097/DJIBOUTI-ETHIOPIA-Irregular-migration-continues-unabated
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YEMEN: Wind and solar energy fall short of potential
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Thirteen years ago electronics retailer Abdulmajeed al-Wahbani was one of the first people in Yemen to venture into the solar power business. So far the gamble has paid off.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96976/YEMEN-Wind-and-solar-energy-fall-short-of-potential
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BANGLADESH-KENYA: Our Lives - A survivors' guide to hard times
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Price Watch (Our lives)
http://www.irinnews.org/In-depth/96695/98/BANGLADESH-KENYA-Our-Lives-A-survivors-guide-to-hard-times
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Adel Aklin – Teacher, Yemen
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Adel Aklin, 48, an Arabic teacher in the Yemeni capital Sana’a, has seen his income fall because of the dearth of foreigners who have been scared away by ongoing insecurity in the strife-torn country.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96855/Adel-Aklin-Teacher-Yemen
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YEMEN: Ali Abdullah al-Moudai – Community liaison officer, Yemen
6 December 2012
(IRIN
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Ali Abdullah al-Moudai, 28, from the village of Thula, about an hour’s drive from Yemen’s capital Sana’a, is lucky enough to have a reasonably well-paid job. The downside is that as the sole breadwinner in his 14-member household he has nothing left at the end of the month.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96856/YEMEN-Ali-Abdullah-al-Moudai-Community-liaison-officer-Yemen
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