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		<title>UNHCR Hong Kong is a donation black hole</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Version Française: Lettre Ouverte au HCR &#8211; 19 Feb 2012 English Version:     Open letter to UNHCR 19Feb2012 Open Letter to the UNHCR Sub-Office at Hong Kong SAR:  Attn. Mr. Choosin Ngaotheppitak (Head of Sub-Office) Dear Mr. Ngaotheppitak– While we represent different organizations, our mandates are the same: to protect some of the most powerless and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A personal story (Chinese)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video tells the story and shares the thoughts of an asylum-seeker, in Mandarin and Chinese. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMv-8k4cIpw&#38;context=C3743d43ADOEgsToPDskLyxAqekDOn7Ep7LqhQiYga Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3C3lixEHtQ&#38;context=C3743d43ADOEgsToPDskLyxAqekDOn7Ep7LqhQiYga Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrSgzZeetWc&#38;context=C3743d43ADOEgsToPDskLyxAqekDOn7Ep7LqhQiYga]]></description>
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		<title>The economics of asylum</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/02/12/the-economics-of-asylum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came to seek asylum in 2009, leaving behind a comfortable life after my home was sprayed with machine-gun fire one night. It was a deadly warning my journalistic reporting wouldn’t be tolerated by the authorities any longer. I escaped to Hong Kong and when cash finished, I had no choice but ask Hong Kong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nansen Refugee Award: The flowers of Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/02/10/nansen-refugee-award-the-flowers-of-afghanistan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A third of all the world’s refugees are from Afghanistan. The Russian Occupation, Warlordism, Taliban rule and the War on Terror have left an estimated five million people displaced beyond the country’s borders. Three decades of conflict have left a shrinking humanitarian space and as poverty and insecurity in the region worsen, a new generation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Immigration Department year-end briefing 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This extra on Torture Claim Assessment is taken from the Immigration Department website. To read more about operations, arrested illegal workers, CIC, bogus marriage and more please click here: http://www.immd.gov.hk/ehtml/20120120.htm Pursuant to court rulings in the past few years, the Administration has enhanced the administrative screening mechanism for torture claims and an enhanced mechanism has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where did these UNHCR millions go?</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/01/29/where-did-these-unhcr-millions-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 08:57:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/page?page=49e488026&#38;submit=GO Please have a look at the right column on this UNHCR link. It shows the “Private Sector Contribution” received from HK donors since 2006. It is undeniably a testament to fundraising prowess &#8211; Bravo! UNHCR collected over 20 Million HKD in 2010 and 16 Million HKD till 19 September 2011 (not the full year).While not privy to financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A decisive football victory: VF vs CA &#8211; 6:1</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/01/28/a-decisive-football-victory-vf-vs-ca-61/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, this is the VF football team captain reporting. Believing our Somali Football Team could beat the fearsome Christian Action side – with years of experience and stronger players – we invited them for a friendly match on the cold evening of January 22. Nobody expected this clash of giants to become historical. The outcome [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple recognised for refugee work</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/01/28/couple-recognised-for-refugee-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annemarie Evans writes in SCMP &#8211; Jan 26, 2012 As the Australia Day 2012 Honours List is announced in Canberra today, two Hong Kong-based awardees will be on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, helping executives see how it feels to step into the shoes of a refugee. Four times a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charter for Compassion</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/01/24/charter-for-compassion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The principle of compassion lies at the heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves. Compassion impels us to work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of our fellow creatures, to dethrone ourselves from the centre of our world and put another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing hatred into reconciliation</title>
		<link>http://visionfirstnow.org/2012/01/16/changing-hatred-into-reconciliation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Jonathan and I’ve been a refugee in Hong Kong since 2009. Truly, we don’t like being here because we miss our family and country. If we had a calm, peaceful homeland, we wouldn’t be here. The main reasons for persecution are two – political and religious. Personally, I escaped my country because [...]]]></description>
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