The Government is not doing enough to support those who want to integrate into society here, according to a new report published today by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees.

THE odds are stacked against asylum seekers who seek refuge in Europe and the rules must be changed, the European Commission has said.

REFUGEES are being put off from seeking a safe haven in Ireland following changes in the asylum process that identifies those who have already sought sanctuary in another European country.

Actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie is back on US soil after a secret two-day trip visiting poverty-stricken families in Afghanistan.

IRISH troops have had more than 200 encounters with armed bandits and have come under fire while defending refugee camps in Chad, the mid-term review of the mission to the embattled African state has been told.

Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt is being considered as a future United Nations goodwill ambassador by Secretary General Kofi Annan.

UNICEF ambassador Angelina Jolie has been forced to cancel her participation in the Olympic torch relay - in order to reshoot scenes for her latest movie.

MOVES by Turkey to create a military buffer zone between its borders and northern Iraq could lead to mayhem and bloodshed, the human rights group, Amnesty International, has warned.

WITH or without a US-led war to remove Saddam Hussein, Iraq is on the edge of a humanitarian crisis, according to a group of MEPs visiting the country.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has urged the Government to work towards resolving the current refugee situation.

The United Nations and Save the Children said today that staff of many relief agencies have been accused of sexually exploiting West African refugee children they are supposed to be helping.

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees has warned that the advance of the opposition Northern Alliance in Afghanistan is making it more difficult to alleviate the suffering of the country’s impoverished population.

The Government has been asked to take in refugees from Afghanistan displaced by the current conflict in their country and the effects of drought.

Pakistan is reportedly sending troops to its border with Afghanistan.

The Australian military was today expected to begin transferring 438 asylum seekers from a cargo vessel off a remote Indian Ocean outpost to a troop ship that will then depart for Papua New Guinea.

Australia’s stubborn refusal to accept a Norwegian cargo ship that rescued 438 Afghan refugees from a sinking ferry endangers the time-honoured practice of saving people at sea, the shipping industry has warned.

Aid agencies in West Africa are struggling to relocate 200,000 refugees forced to flee camps in Guinea following rebel attacks from neighbouring Sierra Leone.