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Escalating needs, rising hunger: Refugees caught in the eye of perfect sto
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 21 (ANI): Further food ration cuts are imminent for refugees as humanitarian needs multiply around the world while funding struggles to keep pace, warns the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on World Refugee Day.
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Pakistani visas being sold over USD 1,000 in black for Afghan citizens
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 20 (ANI): Pakistan is allegedly selling its visas in the black market, charging the already overburdened Afghan refugees over USD 1,000 seeking shelter in the country amidst the Taliban takeover of Kabul.
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Ben Stiller partners with UN to extend support for those fleeing Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Hollywood actor Ben Stiller has partnered up with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in order to extend support to those fleeing Ukraine while Russia's military operation on the country continues.
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Civil society calls for urgent measures to protect Uyghurs at risk of refo
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], June 17 (ANI): A group of 22 refugee and human rights groups and 50 Uyghur organizations are calling on governments and international organizations to take urgent steps to protect Uyghurs and other Turkic peoples at imminent risk of refoulement, a pro-Uyghur announced on Fr
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Paris 2024: IOC announces Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders aiming for n
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The 44 athletes come from 12 countries, are hosted by 16 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across all five continents, and are competing in 12 sports.
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Global displacement hits record 89.3 million in 2021: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people forced to flee their homes reached 89.3 million by the end of 2021, a record high since records began, up 8 per cent year on year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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'Afghanistan has been forgotten': UN envoy on arrival in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.
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John Cena meets teen Ukrainian refugee fan with down syndrome
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): American actor and former wrestler John Cena, during a recent European trip, made time to connect with a fan who fled Ukraine with his mom.
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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Tibetan refugees elect local leaders in Kathmandu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 7 (ANI): Tibetan refugees in Kathmandu elected their local leaders from Bauddha and Jorpati.
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Palestinian woman killed by Israeli soldiers in southern West Bank: medics
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], June 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A Palestinian woman on Wednesday was killed by Israeli soldiers at an Israeli army checkpoint near Al-Aroub refugee camp close to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said Palestinian medics.
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UN expresses concerns over resurgence of fighting in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency have expressed deep concerns about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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