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Japan approves six-month visa for Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 3 (ANI): Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung, who applied for refugee status in Japan last month, has been approved visa for six months on Friday, Kyodo News reported.
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Myanmar soccer player applies for refugee status in Japan after three-fing
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Osaka [Japan], June 23 (ANI): Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung applied for refugee status in Japan on Tuesday after he expressed fear for his life for making a three-finger salute in protest at the military coup in his country during a recent World Cup qualifier near Tokyo,
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Myanmar soccer goalkeeper to apply for refugee status in Japan as military
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 20 (ANI): Pyae Lyan Aung, Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper, will apply for refugee status in Japan on Tuesday after expressing fear for his life for making a three-finger salute in protest at the military coup in his country during a recent World Cup qualifier near Toky
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Record number of Chinese granted refugee status in Japan amid rise in reli
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 11 (ANI): A record number of Chinese nationals were granted refugee status in Japan in 2020 amid rising intolerance of religious and political beliefs in China.
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US lawmakers introduce bill to prioritise refugee status to Uyghurs
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation wherein people of China's Uyghur minority community facing government repression would become eligible for prioritised US refugee status.
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MoS Home questions Varun Gandhi's stand on Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 26 (ANI): Hitting on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi for urging the government to consider granting the refugee status to Rohingyas from Myanmar, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Tuesday said that a leader who thinks in the fav
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Give Bengali-Hindu migrants refugee status, says Sarma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Nov. 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party leader and convener of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Himanta Biswa Sarma has recently said that the Bengali-Hindu population who are victims of partition should be granted citizenship or refugee status throughout I
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