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Nearly 2 million Afghan refugees still living in Pakistan amid deportation
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The report said that although more than one million Afghans returned to their country in 2025, a large number of Afghan citizens continue to remain in Pakistan.
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Afghan returnees decry harsh deportations from Iran, Pakistan, seek urgent
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Afghan migrants forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan say they returned home without belongings and face severe hardship. Returnees and activists have urged Afghan authorities and the international community to provide shelter, aid and jobs as winter sets in.
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Nepal President averted possible refugee crisis by stepping forward during
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Speaking to ANI, Rijal said, "We were at the verge of becoming a pariah state. Had we become that, then our neighbour would have been forced to inherit our problem. Thank God it didn't. Thank God that the president of Nepal had used his conscience, his long experience of being in politics ca
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Pakistan reopens Torkham border as ceasefire with Afghanistan holds
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was reopened on Saturday, allowing the return of Afghan refugees after a nearly two-week closure that followed deadly border clashes between the two countries last month, The Express Tribune reported.
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Only 13 survive as boat carrying 74 refugees capsizes off Libya coast: UNH
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Only 13 people have survived and dozens remain missing after a vessel carrying 74 refugees, mostly from Sudan, capsized off the coast of Tobruk in eastern Libya on September 13, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, making this the second major maritime tragedy in t
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Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Rameswaram urge Centre, TN govt to facilitate
Updated : 12 months ago IST
Struggling without recognition or financial aid, Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Rameswaram have urged the Indian government to facilitate their return to Sri Lanka. Fleeing economic turmoil, these families have been living in hardship, unable to access education or employment, while the Tamil
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UN Secretary-General Guterres visits Bangladesh, highlights Rohingya crisi
Updated : 1 year ago IST
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Bangladesh for a four-day visit, highlighting the Rohingya refugee crisis and the country's reform efforts. He will meet with top officials, visit refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, and call for increased international support.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres thanks Bangladesh, calls for Rohingya aid
Updated : 1 year ago IST
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, during his four-day visit to Bangladesh, expressed gratitude for the country's hospitality and pledged UN support for its reforms. He is set to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, urging the international community to increase hu
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Lebanese PM meets Syrian Leader, calls for swift resolution on 'refugee cr
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday called for a way for the two countries to enable masses of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to head home during his first official visit to Syria to meet with the new government
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"Restrictions on transfer of cash...":Taliban minister raises concern over
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Taliban Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi raised the issue of deportation of Afghan refugees during his meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani, Al Jazeera reported on Tuesday.
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Afghan refugee crisis in Pakistan poses another challenge after persecutio
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan has been continuously issuing warnings to Afghan refugees, who are residing overtly within its borders and urged them to return to disrupted Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, the Afghan Diaspora Network reported.
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Ukraine: UN appeals for USD 5.6 billion to help millions affected by confl
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The situation for many in Ukraine remains desperate, amid "relentless" shelling of civilian targets and infrastructure, said Griffiths.
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