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Canada to accept 40,000 Afghan refugees amid crisis in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], October 13 (ANI): The Canadian government has said it is accepting 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan and urged other nations to step up their support to resettle refugees also.
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UNRWA starts rebuilding Palestinian refugees' homes destroyed in fighting
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gaza [Palestine], October 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) started rebuilding Palestinian refugees' homes, which had been destroyed by Israel in the Gaza Strip in May, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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As part of Spain's second phase of evacuation, flight with 84 Afghan refug
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 12 (ANI): In the second phase of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 84 refugees landed at a military base near Madrid on Monday.
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UNHCR delivers aid for people affected by earthquake in Pakistan's Balochi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has provided 500 emergency tents and thousands of core relief sets to Balochistan's provincial government for families affected by the earthquake that struck the region on October 7.
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'EU can prevent migration crisis by averting Afghanistan's economic collap
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 12 (ANI): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said that the bloc needs to work towards preventing a new refugee crisis in Europe by averting the economic collapse of Afghanistan.
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Bodies of 16 illegal migrants recovered off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said 16 bodies of illegal migrants were recovered off the Libyan coast.
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UNHCR ready to help Tajikistan swiftly over Afghan refugee influx: Adviser
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is ready to help Tajikistan in the event of an influx of Afghan refugees, including by creating camps for their accommodation, Nodira Akbaralieva, public relations adviser
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Looking forward to receiving vaccines from India: Columbian envoy
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Colombian Ambassador to India Mariana Pacheco on Saturday said her country is looking forward to receiving vaccines from India for the refugee population in the country.
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Biden authorises new refugee cap of 125,000 for 2022
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 9 (ANI): President Joe Biden has officially announced the United States commitment to resettle up to 125,000 refugees, informed US Secretary Antony Blinken on Friday (local time).
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Hundreds of displaced families ordered to leave Kabul by Taliban
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 8 (ANI): Hundreds of displaced families who were living in Kabul amid countrywide fighting that preceded the Taliban takeover in August, have now been ordered to return to their homes.
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Afghan man sues US State Dept, wants to reunite with sons
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): An Afghan man living in California filed a lawsuit against the United States to reunite with his sons who are still in Afghanistan after American forces withdrew in August, according to a report.
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