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Rohingya refugees hail 'mother Sheikh Hasina' for providing comfort housin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhasan Char [Bangladesh], December 17 (ANI): As the Bangladesh government has established a new home for Rohingya refugees from Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Char, Rohingyas expressed gratitude to "mother Sheikh Hasina" for making sincere efforts to provide them with "peace and comfort housing".
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Over 1,100 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 1,100 refugees have returned to Stepanakert, the capital of the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, within the past 24 hours with the assistance from Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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BJP govt to start granting citizenship to refugees under CAA from Jan next
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Parganas 24 (West Bengal) [India], December 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal in-charge, Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that BJP led Centre government will start the process of granting citizenship to refugees under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), from January
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Gupkar alliance never gave right to vote to refugees from Pakistan, says S
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Textiles, Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Saturday slammed members of the Gupkar alliance saying that they never gave the right to vote to refugees from Pakistan.
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Rohingya refugees excited to shift from Cox's Bazar to "peace, comfort and
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 5 (ANI): As the process to shift the Rohingyas from Bangladesh's Cox Bazar to Bhasan Char begins, a sense of excitement has spread among the refugees, who are seeking "peace, comfort and nice housing".
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DDC polls: Living here for 70 years but voted for local body first time, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 1 (ANI): West Pakistani refugees of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday cast their vote for local body elections for the first time.
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Who is stopping you from removing illegal Rohingya refugees? Owaisi respon
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 29 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday asked who is stopping Union Home Minister Amit Shah from removing illegal Rohingya refugees. Owaisi said that Shah has become the first Home Minister who is seeki
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Every Rohingya protected by Owaisi will be removed: Tejasvi Surya
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 25 (ANI): Amid the heated-up Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election campaign, BJP's Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday stated that every single Rohingya refugee that AIMIM chief Assaduddin Owaisi "tries to protect will be thro
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Tripura outfit calls off anti-Bru protest, CM says refugees to be settled
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 25 (ANI): As the government invited the leaders of the Joint Movement Committee (JMC), which was leading the protest against the settlement of the Bru refugees in Tripura, to discuss their demands, the latter called off its indefinite strike in Kanchan
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UN General Assembly re-elects Grandi as high commissioner for refugees
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly on Monday re-elected High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for a two-and-a-half-year term, the UN Refugee Agency said in a press release.
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Ruling BJP ally among tribal organisations questions govt failure to tackl
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 23 (ANI): As demonstrations in Kanchanpur area of North Tripura district continued on Sunday against the government's decision to rehabilitate Bru refugees from Mizoram in the state, various tribal organisations in Agartala, including the ruling BJP's
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Demonstrators block NH in Tripura, protest against rehabilitation of Bru r
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dolubari (Tripura) [India], November 21 (ANI): Demonstrators blocked the national highway in Dolubari village of North Tripura district in protest against the rehabilitation of Bru refugees from Mizoram in the state on Saturday.
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