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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
230 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Unscrupulous individuals are using elaborate internet scams to prey on vulnerable people by offering them resettlement in exchange for money, the UN refugee agency has warned.There is always a risk of fraud in migration programmes. Governments have long recognized that people wanting to migrate will resort to exploiting vulnerabilities in admission procedures and systems. At the same time, desperate refugees can fall victim to fraudulent schemes offering them a quick-fix solution to their pli...read more [4]

Unscrupulous individuals are using elaborate internet scams to prey on vulnerable people by offering them resettlement in exchange for money, the UN refugee agency has warned.There is always a risk of fraud in migration programmes. Governments have long recognized that people wanting to migrate will resort to exploiting vulnerabilities in admission procedures and systems. At the same time, desperate refugees can fall victim to fraudulent schemes offering them a quick-fix solution to their plight.UNHCR has been combatting these and other forms of fraud for some time.

Category: 
Human Security [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/30367 [6]

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