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Dozens injured in clash between rival Eritrean groups in Israel
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and Israeli police on Saturday, leaving dozens injured in one of the most violent street confrontations among African asylum seekers and migrants in Tel Aviv in recent memory, Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.
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Turkey deports 138 illegal Afghan migrants
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
A total of 138 illegal Afghan migrants were deported to their home country by the Turkish government, Khaama Press reported.
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Over 1,30,000 refugees will require re-settlement in Pakistan: UN
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Around 1,34,000 refugees and asylum-seekers, almost all from Afghanistan will require settlement in Pakistan, reported Dawn citing the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) report.
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India shows generosity in accommodating refugees, hosts 40,000 Rohingyas
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
India has a rich historical background of welcoming refugees and asylum-seekers who were displaced due to a variety of reasons and keeping with tradition, India continues to provide protection and shelter to vulnerable individuals from foreign countries even today including Tibetan minoritie
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Amnesty International urges Pakistan to stop arresting Afghan Refugees
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Amnesty International said today on World Refugee Day that the government of Pakistan must urgently stop arbitrarily arresting and harassing Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom are fleeing persecution by the Taliban, Khaama Press reported.
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US President Biden meets Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, reaffirms c
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Both leaders discussed issues of strategic relevance ranging from the war in Ukraine to trade and immigration.
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Asylum decisions up by 40 per cent in 2022 in EU
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Among the 384,245 asylum seekers who were granted protection status in 2022 in the EU, 44 per cent received refugee status, 31 per cent were given subsidiary protection, and 25 per cent received humanitarian protection. Compared with 2021, the number of refugee status granted increased by 22
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Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of cancer at a Thai immigration detention facility after being detained there for four years. Another two Uyghur children died in 2014, according to media reports, in
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UK asylum bill would 'undermine' international law: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The UK government has made stopping small boats arriving a top priority. Under the plans, those arriving via this route face detention and deportation. Those removed will be banned from returning.
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UK, Pakistan, ink deal on repatriation of criminals, immigration offenders
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], August 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Pakistan on Wednesday signed an agreement that would enable London to repatriate Pakistani criminals, failed asylum seekers and immigration offenders.
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Granting citizenship to Syrian refugees could tip the scales in Turkey's e
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] April 25 (ANI): The question of granting citizenship to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan is gradually becoming a controversial issue in Turkey, as the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu openly accuses President Recep Tayyip Erdog
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Belarusian border committee says Polish soldier seeking political asylum
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus' State Border Committee on Friday said that a Polish soldier has requested political asylum in Belarus in protest against Warsaw's ill-treatment of asylum seekers.
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