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Angelina Jolie visits Rafah Crossing as Gaza aid groups face Israeli suspe
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Hollywood actor and former special envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency Angelina Jolie visited the Rafah Crossing on Friday as part of a humanitarian trip to Egypt, her representatives said, amid Israel's decision to suspend the operations of several aid groups working in the Gaza S
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UNHCR shuts Afghan aid centers over women staff restrictions
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
UNHCR has closed several aid centers in Afghanistan due to restrictions on women employees, saying it cannot operate effectively without them. Women's rights activists warn the decision will hurt the economy, while the Taliban criticises aid agencies for linking assistance to conditions.
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Dubai Humanitarian mobilises relief supplies from UNHCR for conflict-displ
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Following the directive of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Humanitarian has mobilised urgent relief supplies for people directly affected by the conflict in Lebanon.
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UNRWA: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Roughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of civilians in Gaza, safe humanitarian access and, ultimately, a c
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UN refugee agency, Thailand authorities share conflicting explanations on
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The Unites Nations refugee agency and the Thailand authorities have given conflicting explanations on why the cases of dozens of Uyghurs who fled China a decade ago and have been indefinitely detained in Thailand, are still in limbo, as reported by Voice of America (VOA).
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Uyghur families face deportation risk from Pakistan after Ramzan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Approximately 100 individuals who had lived in Pakistan as refugees will face forceful deportation just after the month of Ramzan.
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Nicaragua drags Germany to ICJ for 'facilitating Israel's genocide' in Gaz
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Nicaragua has sued Germany at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for financing Israel and limiting money to the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA), the court said on Friday, according to Al Jazeera.
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Over 800 Sudanese reportedly killed by armed groups in West Darfur: UNHCR
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
More than 800 people have been killed by armed groups in Ardamata in Sudan's West Darfur, as per the UN.
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Aid agencies need unimpeded access to Gaza: UN Palestinian Refugee Agency
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said aid agencies need unimpeded access to Gaza, The New York Times reported.
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UN Palestinian Refugee Agency says 29 staff killed since Gaza conflict beg
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has said that 29 of its colleagues in Gaza have been killed since October 7, half of them UNRWA teachers.
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Over 2500 dead, missing as 186,000 people cross Mediterranean to Europe in
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Over 2,500 people died or gone missing while trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year, reported Al Jazeera citing the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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UN rebukes Suella Braverman remarks over asylum system
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The UN Refugee Agency rebuked UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman remarks that the asylum framework is creating “huge incentives for illegal migration."
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