By empty (7/27/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Canadian authorities are discussing with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the possibility of accepting refugees from Uzbekistan, an official source at the Canadian embassy in Moscow told Interfax on Wednesday. \"UNHCR has addressed several countries suitable for accepting refugees, including Canada on the issue of possible resettlement of Uzbek refugees currently staying in Kyrgyzstan. The talks with UNHCR continue,\" the source said.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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