The selective sympathy does not go unnoticed by less-cared-for refugees of other conflicts.

It is a market town, and its population has recently been swollen by refugees from Chad.

Eyewitness accounts by refugees, reported by all the correspondents, filled the foreign press.

Cuban parrots are in great demand by Cuban refugees here.

A bronze casting of a boat used by Cuban refugees.

Critics suggest that much of the opposition to high levels of immigration by refugees is based on racism.

In 1922, the grasslands of Somalia were taken over and cultivated by African refugees.

Only in 1839, the population increased again, swelled by refugees from Persia, reaching some 40,000.

Some neighboring towns had patrols on the roads to prevent entry by refugees.

In 2004, the authorities noted around 1,400 houses still occupied by former refugees, and in 2005, this number was reduced to 385 housing units.