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Over 100 migrants feared dead after boat capsizes off Libyan Coast
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 26 (ANI): More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized off Libya's coast in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday.
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Centre seeks extension of Assam NRC deadline, says lakhs of illegal migran
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday pleaded to the Supreme Court for extension of the July 31 deadline for the finalisation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, contending there is a growing perception that lakhs of illegal migrants have
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Turkey: 15 killed, 20 injured in bus accident
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Van [Turkey], July 19 (ANI): Atleast 15 people were killed and 20 others wounded after a minibus carrying illegal migrants overturned in Turkey's eastern province of Van on Thursday.
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1,310 migrants in Rajasthan were given citizenship: MoS for Home Nityanand
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): As many as 1,310 migrants in Rajasthan have been given citizenship, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Independent paediatrician reviews conditions of migrant children at US-Mex
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 13 (ANI): The Trump administration has allowed a paediatrician to conduct an independent investigation into health conditions for migrant children at US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities.
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BJP's Tejasvi Surya urges Centre to extend NRC to K'taka
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Saying that illegal migrants are a security threat in Karnataka, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Wednesday called upon the Centre to extend National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the state to remove Bangladeshis migrants from the state.
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GNA accuses UAE of carrying out airstrike on migrant detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], July 6 (ANI): United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) has claimed that the recent airstrikes on a migrant detention centre in Libya in which at least 53 people died was carried out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using a US-made F-16 fighter jet.
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60 killed after Libyan guards shoot at migrants fleeing air strikes: UN
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 5 (ANI): At least 60 people were killed and 77 others sustained injuries after Libyan guards opened fire on migrants and refugees attempting to flee from air strikes on a detention centre near the country's capital city of Tripoli, United Nations said on Thursday.
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UNHCR expresses concern over airstrike on migrant centre in Libya
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 3 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed concern over the deadly airstrike on a migrant centre in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli that left at least 40 people dead and 80 injured.
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Libya: 40 killed in airstrike on migrant centre
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 3 (ANI): As many as 40 people were killed and 80 others sustained injuries in an airstrike on a migrant centre in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Tuesday night, country's Health Ministry said.
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Canadian cartoonist fired after his caricature of Trump goes viral
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], July 1 (ANI): A Canadian cartoonist has lost his job after his controversial caricature of US President Donald Trump playing golf over the bodies of two drowned migrants from El Salvador went viral last week.
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Venezuela migrant crisis to become world's largest by 2020: Report
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Medellin [Colombia], June 29 (ANI): The Venezuelan exodus may exceed eight million people by the end of next year, which would make it the largest migration crisis in the world, according to a special report issued by the Organisation of American States (OAS).
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