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Tunisia: 65 killed after their boat capsized in Mediterranean Sea
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tunis [Tunisia], May 11 (ANI): At least 65 people were killed after a boat carrying them capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia, said the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).
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Football Victoria appoints Al-Araibi as its human rights advocate
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Leeds [UK], May 4 (ANI): Australian refugee and footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi has accepted a job with Football Victoria as its Community and Human Rights Advocate.
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Boat with 17 people capsizes off Turkey's coast, 7 dead
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], May 3 (ANI): Around seven refugees, including five children, lost their lives after an inflatable boat carrying them sank off Turkey's Aegean coast on Friday, according to the Turkish coast guard.
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Venezuela crisis: Over 3 lakh children forced to live in neighbouring coun
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], Apr 30 (ANI): The United Nations on Monday said that nearly 327,000 children from Venezuela are living as migrants and refugees in Colombia due to lack of healthcare and education facilities in their own country.
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Do not forget the Rohingya: UN urges global community for help
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday urged the international community not to forget the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and called for global support to ensure their safe and voluntary return to Myanmar.
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UN evacuates 325 refugees from southern Tripoli
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday evacuated some 325 refugees from a detention centre on the southern outskirts of Tripoli amid escalating violence near the Libyan capital.
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Refugees from Bangladesh will get citizenship here as promised in manifest
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Monday said that the refugees who migrated from Bangladesh, be it Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, or Christians, will get citizenship as promised in BJP's 'Sankalp Patra'.
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Rohingyas hold hunger strike at Saudi detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Apr 18 (ANI): Around 650 Rohingya refugees held in a Saudi detention centre on Wednesday went on hunger strike to protest against their indefinite detention in the Gulf country for the third time in recent months.
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Scarlett Johansson seeks police following paparazzi scare
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 9 (ANI): Reel life Marvel super hero Scarlett Johansson had to take refuge at police station following a dangerous paparazzi chase on Monday.
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India to repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 9 (ANI): India will repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees on Tuesday under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme.
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Will vote for peace, say 2013 Muzaffarnagar riot victims
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kairana (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 7 (ANI): Six years after fleeing Muzaffarnagar and taking refuge in camps in Kairana following the deadly riots in 2013, victims here have alleged that despite repeated requests, the government has not built houses for them and they lack basic amenitie
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Libyan authorities rescue 117 immigrants off its western coast
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Mar 30 (ANI): Libyan authorities rescued 117 immigrants, including children, off the coast of Al-Khoms on Friday.
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