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Thailand allows Gotabaya Rajapaksa temporary stay on condition he doesn't
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 11 (ANI): Thailand has allowed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa temporary stay in Thailand to look for permanent asylum in another country on the condition that he does not cause problems for the country.
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Thailand denies reports of ex-Lankan Prez Gotabaya seeking asylum
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 10 (ANI): Thailand has denied reports that former Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sought asylum in the country.
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Exodus of Chinese nationals: Over 6,00,000 requested asylum
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 7 (ANI): More than 6,00,000 Chinese nationals have requested asylum from China due to Xi Jinping's repressive policies that have impelled the 'great exodus', according to a UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
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US officials investigating claims of Sikh turbans being confiscated at Mex
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 4 (ANI): US government officials are investigating complaints that Sikh migrants had their turbans confiscated by border police agents at the Mexico border as they sought asylum.
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1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 (ANI): Pakistan remains the largest country of asylum for Afghans, with 1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) report.
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Oppression under Xi Jinping forces China's elite, middle class to seek pol
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 21 (ANI): Fed up with the oppressive governance of President Xi Jinping's regime, the elite and middle class of China are making desperate attempts to flee the country and seek political asylum in other countries.
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Singapore's Foreign Affairs Ministry confirms Rajapaksha on private visit,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, July 14 (ANI): Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has been allowed entry into Singapore on a private visit and he has not asked for asylum and nor has he been granted asylum.
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Indian couple nabbed at Delhi airport for taking asylum in France by claim
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): An Indian couple managed to get asylum in France by procuring forged Bangladeshi citizenship documents but they got caught at Delhi airport when they arrived in India to attend the last rites of their relative after five years.
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Discomforted Chinese nationals under Xi Jinping's oppressive governance se
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 5 (ANI): China has reported an alarming increase in the number of people seeking asylum abroad after Chinese President Xi Jinping came to power as the systematic misuse of power is leading to discomfort in people's minds and therefore, many are choosing to go abroad, as
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Urban refugees demonstrate at UNHCR office in Kathmandu seeking asylum
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 28 (ANI): Urban refugees on Monday staged a sit-in protest at the entrance of the UN refugee agency-UNHCR, seeking 11-point demand that as per them would make their stay in Nepal easier.
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China's 'oppression' causing nationals to seek political asylum overseas,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], June 24 (ANI): In view of the "oppressive system" of governance in China, the number of Chinese nationals seeking political asylum overseas has spiked significantly under the rule of President Xi Jinping.
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End violence, serious human rights violations against Afghan refugees: Rig
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 21 (ANI): To mark World Refugee Day, the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan reminded the international community of its obligations to uphold and protect the right to seek asylum, the right to life and other fundamental human rights of Afghan refugees under th
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