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Tamil Nadu: 5 Sri Lankan refugees held
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 12 (ANI): Five Sri Lankan refugees were on Monday arrested by the Customs officials after they tried to illegally return to their native country.
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Mamata govt welcomes infiltrators but has no place for refugees: Amit Shah
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
East Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], Jan 29 (ANI): BJP president Amit Shah on Tuesday demanded that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should clear her stand on the Citizenship Amendment Bill, while accusing that her government welcomes infiltrators but has no place in the state
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'Safe zones in Syria to allow refugees to return home'
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Jan 29 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is planning to form 'safe zones' in northern Syria so that Syrian refugees in Turkey can return to their home country.
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Pak Hindu migrants seek Indian citizenship
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Refugees, who fled from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan to India, escaping religious prosecution and atrocities they face back there, are seeking support from the central government to provide them Indian citizenship.
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31 Rohingyas arrested near Bangladesh border in Tripura
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): At least 31 Rohingyas, stranded near the India-Bangladesh border, have been arrested by the Tripura BSF personnel in the last four days.
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Bangladesh security forces 'pushed' Rohingya refugees into Indian territor
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Rayermura (Tripura) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The BSF on Sunday said that the 31 Rohingya refugees apprehended from the 'zero line' between India and Bangladesh's border near Tripura's Rayemura were "pushed" by the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).
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66 refugees apprehended in Turkey
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 20 (ANI): As many as 66 illegal migrants were apprehended across Turkey, said security sources on Saturday.
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Working with Indian government on repatriation of Tamil refugees, says new
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 19 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is working out with the Indian government ways and time frame for the repatriation of Tamil refugees living in India.
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Working with Indian government on repatriation of Tamil refugees, says new
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 18 (ANI): The Sri Lankan government is working out with the Indian government ways and time frame for the repatriation of Tamil refugees living in India.
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Germany's far-right party under lens
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 17 (ANI): Some sections of far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will be put under surveillance, said the country's domestic security agency.
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Hindu, Sikh refugees from Pak eagerly waiting for passage of Citizenship B
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 13 (ANI): Thousands of Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan, who were eagerly awaiting the passage of a bill by Parliament that would grant them Indian citizenship, are disappointed that it could not fructify in the just-concluded Winter session but have not given
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Saudi girl fleeing from family, granted asylum in Canada
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Jan 12 (ANI): An 18-year-old Saudi girl, Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun, who fled from her family in Kuwait to Thailand, has been granted asylum in Canada.
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