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17 Feb 2011

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 2 others
ACNUR y sus socios trabajan para los refugiados "invisibles" en el Caribe

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
WASHINGTON, DC, Estados Unidos, 17 de febrero (ACNUR) - En medio de un paraíso tropical, un rostro desconocido de la migración mundial recorre el Caribe. Curiosamente, las tendencias migratorias en la región son similares a la migración marítima y a los movimientos de refugiados de los que se informa diariamente desde el Mediterráneo y el Golfo de Adén y que son tan bien conocidos. Sin embargo, la atención que se presta a la situación en el Caribe es mucho menor.

Abordar este problema - aumentando la sensibilización pública, ayudando a los gobiernos caribeños a establecer

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30 Oct 2009

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 6 others
Caribbean Red Cross societies step up response to H1N1

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— Caribbean Red Cross Societies
In response to the H1N1 pandemic, Red Cross societies around the Caribbean are supporting their statutory health care systems in preparing communities to respond to H1N1. Thanks to funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Red Cross staff and volunteers have been working directly with community members to share information on how to reduce the transmission of the virus.

The Red Cross has for many years trained Community Disaster Response Teams (CDRTs) to respond to emergencies whether

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14 Jul 2005

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 9 others
Emily becomes hurricane, threatens Caribbean isles

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— Reuters - AlertNet
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, July 13 (Reuters) - The fifth storm of the Atlantic hurricane season grew into a hurricane on Wednesday as it churned through the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean.

Emily's sustained winds hit 90 mph (144 kph) as it approached Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines and threatened Venezuela and the Netherlands Antilles.

At 11 p.m. EDT on Wednesday (0300 GMT on Thursday), the center of Hurricane Emily was about 45 miles (72 km) east-southeast of Grenada and moving to the west at 18 mph (29 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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14 Jul 2005

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 14 others
OAS concerned about hurricanes' havoc on caribbean

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— Organization of American States
Hurricanes currently beating down on several Caribbean countries are a major concern to the Organization of American States, with Secretary General José Miguel Insulza today expressing sympathy over the loss of life in Haiti and other countries in the Caribbean. Particular concern was expressed over the impact of hurricane Emily on Grenada.

The Secretary General said the OAS has already begun consultations with the mechanisms of the inter-American system and with other key international bodies to determine what assistance can

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27 Sep 2004

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 1 other
The Netherlands to assist hurricane victims

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— Government of the Netherlands
The Dutch government is giving 458,000 euro to assist the people of Aruba, hit by Hurricane Ivan. The aid for Aruba is a contribution to an appeal raised by the Aruban Red Cross, aimed at assisting the worst affected victims.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also making 250,000 euro available for the victims of Hurricane Jeanne in Haiti. The International Federation of the Red Cross will use the money for direct emergency aid (food, blankets, etcetera), drinking water, and shelter.

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09 Sep 2004

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 5 others
Hurricane Ivan kills at least 14 in Caribbean

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— Agence France-Presse
CARACAS, Sept 9 (AFP) - Hurricane Ivan has killed at least 14 people in Grenada, Tobago and Venezuela as it barrels toward Jamaica, strengthening to a Category Five storm with winds of up to 255 kilometers (160 miles) per hour, officials and local media said Thursday.

At 1200 GMT, Ivan was some 735 kilometers (455 miles) southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.

Overnight, it was upgraded to a Category Five hurricane, the top level on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane intensity scale.

"Some fluctuations in strength are

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08 Sep 2004

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 2 others
Extremely dangerous' hurricane Ivan pounds Barbados moves through Caribbean

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— Agence France-Presse
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad Sept 7 (AFP) - Ivan, an "extremely dangerous" hurricane Tuesday knocked out power in Barbados and threatened eastern Caribbean islands, forecasters and emergency officials said.

The eye of the powerful storm moved over Barbados Tuesday afternoon, and headed for the eastern Caribbean, where officials issued a hurricane warning for St Vincent, the Grenadines, Grenada and the Netherlands Antilles islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao.

Ivan packed sustained winds of 215 kilometers (135 miles) per hour, which made it "an extremely dangerous category

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08 Sep 2004

Aruba (The Netherlands) + 6 others
Hurricane Ivan kills 24 in Grenada

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— Deutsche Presse Agentur
Mexico City (dpa) - Hurricane Ivan churned Wednesday past Venezuela with winds of 220 kilometres per hour on a path toward Jamaica after tearing across the island of Grenada, killing at least 24 people and severely damaging its capital.

The toll, which rose from three earlier in the day, was reported by the Caribbean news agency CMC, which cited local officials.

Twenty-eight people aboard three vessels were also missing off the Venezuelan coast.

Ivan swept through Grenada, one of the Windward Islands, causing "incalculable'' damage to the capital city,

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