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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
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Impossible to contain COVID-19 in war-torn countries like Libya: UN
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 5 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that an outbreak of coronavirus in Libya could be worrisome and catastrophic for the country's Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and other 700,000 refugees in the country.
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Delhi Police DCP, her team provide essential items to Pak refugees in Majl
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North West Vijayanta Arya and her team have taken responsibility for providing essential items to refugees from Pakistan living at a camp in Majlis Park for during the 21-day lockdown period.
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Delhi Police adopts refugee camp for 21-day lockdown period
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): As the world is combating coronavirus, the DCP North West and her team have gone beyond the call of duty by taking the initiative to adopt a refugee camp in Majlis Park area here.
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COVID-19 : Death toll 9, positive cases 467 in India
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 23 (ANI): The death toll in India due to coronavirus mounted to 9, said Health Ministry on Monday.
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Tibetan refugee tested COVID-19 in HP, dies
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Mar 23 (ANI): A 69-year-old Tibetan refugee who died at a hospital in Tanda in Himachal Pradesh on Monday, was tested positive for coronavirus, said state additional Chief Secretary of Health RD Dhiman.
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People should refrain from going to villages as COVID19 might spread: PM
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 21 (ANI): As in the wake of coronavirus scare people are fleeing the cities and taking refuge in their villages, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Saturday saying that people should refrain from leaving cities as they will pose a risk of spreading the deadly v
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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15 killed as boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Saint Martin's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 12 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsized near Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (local time), reported CNN citing Bangladeshi authorities.
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Pak to hold 2-day international conference on Afghan refugees from Feb 17
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 9 (ANI): Ministers and senior officials from around 20 countries will participate in a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees being convened by the Pakistan government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from
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Scientists resurrect mutated genes from a mammoth
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 7 (ANI): In a recent development in the field of paleontology scientists have resurrected the mutated genes of a mammoth that once resided in the Wrangel Island, a remote Arctic refuge off the coast of Siberia.
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Data relating to foreign nationals claiming to be refugees, residing in In
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): The data relating to foreign nationals claiming to be refugees and residing in India is not maintained centrally, said Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs on Wednesday.
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