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Centre inks pact with Mizoram, Tripura for Bru refugee repatriation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 07 (ANI): In a fresh turn of developments, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh finalised a new deal to repatriate the Bru community members from Tripura to their home state, Mizoram, in the next couple of months.
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Bru refugees to return to Mizoram after 21 years
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): After a span of over two decades, nearly 33,000 members of the Bru community are set to repatriate to Mizoram in the coming months.
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Pak extends stay of Afghan refugees by 3 months
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan has extended the stay of registered Afghan refugees by three months.
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UN chief to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh on Monday
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], July 1 (ANI): United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Sunday he will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Monday to assess for himself the gravity of the problem.
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100 migrants missing in Libya boat capsize
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], June 29 (ANI): At least 100 migrants and refugees are missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the coastguard said on Friday.
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68.5 mn people forcibly displaced worldwide: UN
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 19 (ANI): According to the Global Trends report, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency said the number of forcibly displaced people was increased to 68.5 million by the end of 2017.
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Rohingya camp leader murdered in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 19 (ANI): The head majhi of block 11, Balukhali camp (2/2), Arif Ullah (35) was hacked to death by unknown assailants inside the camp in Ukhiya, Bangladesh.
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UN, World Bank chiefs to visit Rohingya camps
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 17 (ANI): The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim are likely to visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh on July 1 as a part of their two-day official trip.
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UN special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq's Mosul
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 17 (ANI): Prominent Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is the Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday less than a year after the city's liberation from three years of Islamic State (IS).
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Rohingyas to celebrate first Eid in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 15 (ANI): An estimated two-thirds of the 1.2 million Rohingya refugees are all set to celebrate their first Eid in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh: Rains in Cox Bazar bring miseries to Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 14 (ANI): The Rohingyas, living in refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar, has been suffering miseries due to heavy rains, pouring over the last four days.
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Dhaka uses confidential mode of submission to ICC
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 13 (ANI): Bangladesh opted for a confidential mode of submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the Rohingya refugees problem.
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