The ruling by the House of Lords will be of significance to other women seeking refugee status because of persecution based on their sex.

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Lebanon has struggled to defeat armed groups that control pockets of the country, many of whom operate inside the country's 12 Palestinian refugee camps that house a total of 350, 000 people.

NPR: Brief Pause in Lebanese Violence Allows Aid

Were the virus to reach any of the refugee camps that house more than 2 million Syrian refugees, a genuine pandemic could ensue.

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In Macedonia, another 6, 000 refugees packed into refugee camps like the one at Cegrane, which NATO troops are trying to expand to properly house thousands of newly arrived Kosovars.

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