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 A French plan to return a failed asylum-seeker to Chad has been put on hold following a European Court decision today. In today’s judgment in the case of Mo.M. v. France (application no. 18372/10), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there would be: a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights if Mo.M., who had been denied asylum, were to be sent back to Chad. The case concerned the complaint of a Chadian national that deporting him to his country of origin would expose him to the risk of ill-treatment by the police there to punish him for allegedly siding with the rebels in Darfur. After noting that in spite of an improvement in relations between Chad and Sudan, threats to people’s safety persisted in Chad, the Court found that the applicant had produced sufficient evidence that in view of his personal situation he would be exposed to a real risk of inhuman and degrading treatment if sent back to...

JOHANNESBURG, 21 November 2012 (IRIN) - Refugee crises appear to come and go. In 2011, all eyes were on the Dadaab refugee complex in northern Kenya as it received hundreds of thousands of Somalis fleeing famine and conflict. This year, attention has shifted to the refugee exodus from Syria, even though the majority of Somalis who arrived at Dadaab last year are still there. In fact, most refugee and displacement crises continue long after public attention and donor interest wane, and others never make it into the spotlight. This often leaves the UN’s Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and aid organizations with the difficult task of assisting large populations of refugees, forced migrants and internally displaced people (IDPs) without sufficient funding, political will or support from the international community. Below, IRIN takes a look at some of the most neglected refugee and displacement crises around the world. 1. Sudanese refugees in Chad: Nearly a decade of conflict in...