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UNHCR sends at least 272 internally displaced persons back home from Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 24 (ANI): A total of 272 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were sent back to their home provinces from the capital Kabul on Sunday, Xinhua reported citing the Deputy Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Affairs Arsala Kharoti of the Afghan caretaker governmen
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Operation Zarb-e-Azb: A Nightmare for Pashtuns
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 22 (ANI): For the longest time, Pakistan has played a destabilizing role in Afghanistan.
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UN chief calls for action to help internally displaced persons
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday launched an action agenda to galvanize efforts to help internally displaced persons.
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Indian stakes high in resolution of repatriation of displaced persons from
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 14 (ANI): As the only country that shares a long border with both Bangladesh and Myanmar, India has "high stakes in the resolution of the issue of repatriation of the displaced persons from the Rakhine state of Myanmar".
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J-K Delimitation Commission recommends additional seats in assembly for Ka
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir in its final order on Thursday has recommended additional seats for Kashmiri migrants and displaced persons from Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
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Calcutta HC orders two-member panel to probe rehabilitation of poll violen
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 19 (ANI): The Chief Justice division bench of Calcutta High Court on Tuesday has ordered a two-member committee to probe the rehabilitation of 300 individuals who were rendered homeless after the West Bengal Assembly elections.
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UNHCR faces funding shortfall to meet needs of refugees, IDPs in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], March 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Saturday said it only received 13 per cent of 205.4 million US dollars it wants to meet the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Ethiopia.
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Humanitarian needs in Myanmar grow as fighting continues
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Naypyidaw [Myanmar], March 19 (ANI): As the fighting continues in Myanmar, the humanitarian needs increased as the country became unstable after the February 1, 2021 coup by Tatmadaw (Myanmar's armed forces).
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US providing additional USD 186 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): The United States is providing over USD 186 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support internally displaced persons and the more than three million refugees affected by Russia's war in Ukraine, a US State Department statement said on Tuesday (lo
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UN strengthens peacekeeping presence around attacked Camp in DR Congo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Nations has strengthened the presence of peacekeepers under the UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) in an area where a camp for displaced persons is located after a recent deadly attack that claimed 60
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Rohingya issue can impact all of us in region and beyond: Foreign Secretar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 15 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday said New Delhi has always called for a sustainable and speedy return of displaced persons to Myanmar's Rakhine State and that reiterated that India has worked with both Bangladesh and Myanmar in t
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UNHCR faces funding shortfall to meet needs of refugees, IDPs in Ethiopia
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 15 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday said it only received 72 percent of the 164.5 million U.S. dollars it wants to meet the needs of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Ethiopia.
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