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UN evacuates 325 refugees from southern Tripoli
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 25 (ANI): The United Nations on Wednesday evacuated some 325 refugees from a detention centre on the southern outskirts of Tripoli amid escalating violence near the Libyan capital.
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Refugees from Bangladesh will get citizenship here as promised in manifest
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Apr 22 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Amit Shah on Monday said that the refugees who migrated from Bangladesh, be it Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, or Christians, will get citizenship as promised in BJP's 'Sankalp Patra'.
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Rohingyas hold hunger strike at Saudi detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Apr 18 (ANI): Around 650 Rohingya refugees held in a Saudi detention centre on Wednesday went on hunger strike to protest against their indefinite detention in the Gulf country for the third time in recent months.
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India to repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 9 (ANI): India will repatriate 58 Sri Lankan refugees on Tuesday under the UNHCR facilitated voluntary repatriation programme.
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Libyan authorities rescue 117 immigrants off its western coast
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Mar 30 (ANI): Libyan authorities rescued 117 immigrants, including children, off the coast of Al-Khoms on Friday.
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Shah vows to deport infiltrators; citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist ref
Updated : 6 years, 12 months ago IST
Alipurduar (West Bengal) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Friday said that his party would deport each and every infiltrator from West Bengal and would give citizenship to Hindu, Buddhist, and S
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Sri Lankan refugees welcome DMK's poll promise on citizenship
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Sri Lankan refugees living in Tamil Nadu have welcomed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's promise of citizenship if the party is voted to power in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
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US announces additional humanitarian aids for Afghanistan
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 27 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday granted more than USD 61 million additional humanitarian aid to war-torn Afghanistan to meet the needs of vulnerable communities, displaced persons and returning refugees across Afghanistan.
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Daryaganj restaurant - by the inventors of butter chicken and dal makhani
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Delhi [India], March 19 (ANI/ NewsVoir): Daryaganj Restaurant, a North Indian cuisine restaurant conceptualised with the principle of celebrating the culinary legacy of Late Kundan Lal Jaggi and the resilience and innovation of the Hindu Punjabi refugees, is all set to open its doors in N
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DMK manifesto promises release of Rajiv Gandhi's killers, citizenship for
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) Mar 19 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Tuesday released its poll manifesto and promised efforts to release seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
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'This is not New Zealand'
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Christchurch [New Zealand], Mar 16 (ANI): This is not New Zealand, the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reaffirmed on Saturday during a visit to a refugee centre here to show her solidarity with the Muslim community in the wake of the ghastly terror attacks at two mosques which claime
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USA received 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse on unaccompanied minors from
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 27 (ANI): It has been revealed that the United States has received more than 4,500 complaints of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors from 2014-18, as per internal agency documents released by Representative Ted Deutch on Tuesday.
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