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Myanmar: 5 years since Rohingya mass exodus, UNHCR urges solutions
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 25 (ANI): This week marks five years since more than 700,000 ethnic Rohingya fled military persecution from Myanmar for neighbouring Bangladesh, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said.
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Afghan refugees living in limbo protest against slow resettlement process
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Numerous Afghan refugees who have been awaiting resettlement in the US or other countries, have protested against the stagnant resettlement process, living in prison-like conditions at a facility in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
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98 Afghan Nationals granted refugee status by Japan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 24 (ANI): 98 Afghan Nationals who fled to Japan due to the Taliban's rising atrocities in Afghanistan have been granted refugee status on Tuesday by Japan.
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UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses to help residents in the southeastern Afghanistan region devastated by the deadly June 22 earthq
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8 Sri Lankan refugees including children came to Dhanushkodi, probe underw
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 22 (ANI): Eight Sri Lankan people including three males, two females, two male children and a female child came to Dhanushkodi as refugees today early morning at 2 am, police said.
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DCW initiates study on the condition of Hindu refugees in Majnu ka Tila
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI): Taking up the issue of plight of Hindu women and child refugees from Pakistan, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has launched a study. Issuing a press statement DCW informed that the study will be done on the living condition of the refugees who have be
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Rohingyas are not refugees but infiltrators: VHP on govt decision to shift
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): A day after the central government announced its decision to shift Rohingya refugees to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) flats in New Delhi, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday condemned the move and said that the Rohingyas are not refugees but infi
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Hardeep Singh Puri hails govt's decision to shift Rohingya refugees to EWS
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday lauded the government's decision to shift Rohingya refugees to Economic Weaker Section (EWS) flats in New Delhi.
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UN rights chief discusses Rohingya issue with civil society members in Ban
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 17 (ANI): UN rights human chief Michelle Bachelet met with a host of officials, civil society representatives and Rohingya refugees on Tuesday.
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Rohingya refugees in Delhi to get roofs above their heads
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 16 (ANI): Around 1100 Rohingyas staying in tents will soon be shifted into flats equipped with basic facilities and round-the-clock security, said the officials on Tuesday.
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Refugees from Pakistan contributed to making of New India: Jitendra Singh
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that refugees from Pakistan have immensely contributed to the making of New India.
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TN: Family of 4 arrives Mandapam calling themselves Sri Lankan 'refugee';
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 13 (ANI): Four Sri Lankan Tamils on Saturday arrived at the Mandapam district of Tamil Nadu's Ramanathapuram and claimed to be 'refugees', the police said.
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