Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Muslim 63
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Palestinian 31
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Public health 17
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Reception 2
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Referendum 16
Refugee camps 43
Refugees 249
Reintegration 13
Rejected asylum-seekers 1
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Right to development 1
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Right to food 14
Right to health 6
Right to justice 13
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Roma 8
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 22
Rwandans 3
SGBV 151
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Salafi 4
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Security forces 84
Security situation 418
Shabak 2
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Uighur 25
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Urban refugees 2
Visas 3
Voluntary repatriation 27
War crimes 90
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Women's rights 50
Women-at-risk 20
Yazīdī 6

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Security Council warned DR Congo's violence on rise amid little political progress 11 July 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Displaced Congolese civilians sent back to a widening war 11 July 2017 \| Publisher: IRIN \| Document type: Country News
Campaign Update, July 2017 July 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country News
Information Centre Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes (26 June 2017) 26 June 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
Informationszentrum Asyl und Migration Briefing Notes (26 Juni 2017) 26 June 2017 \| Publisher: Germany: Federal Office for Migration and Asylum \| Document type: Country News
DR Congo: UN Experts to Investigate Kasai Region Violence 23 June 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
DR Congo: UN Experts to Investigate Kasai Region Violence 23 June 2017 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country News
UN opens international probe into alleged abuses in DR Congo's Kasai provinces 23 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
UN rights chief calls for investigation into 'landscape of horror' in DR Congo's Kasai provinces 20 June 2017 \| Publisher: UN News Service \| Document type: Country News
Hear the voices of Congo's girl child soldiers 19 June 2017 \| Publisher: IRIN \| Document type: Country News

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