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Over 60 Rohingya babies are born per day in B'desh refugee camps: UNICEF
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): More than 60 babies are being born every day in the camps and informal settlements in Cox's Bazar in the nine months since a brutal Myanmar army crackdown forced thousands of families to take refuge in Bangladesh.
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ECHO, UNICEF to provide protection to 42,000 Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 17 (ANI): The European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Operations (ECHO) has provided $2.6 million to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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UN: Since March 30, over 1,000 children injured in Gaza
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 17 (ANI): Since March 30, more than 1,000 children have been injured by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip during demonstrations, according to UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
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US provides USD 44 m as assistance for Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 16 (ANI): The United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has agreed to provide an additional sum of USD 44 million as humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees.
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Bangladesh praised for Rohingya aid during UNHRC review
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 15 (ANI): The 30th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday saw representatives of 107 member states taking the floor to praise Bangladesh for the way it has dealt with the Rohingya refugee crisis in terms of supplying aid.
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Exemptions lifted: American cargo to undergo scanning at Pakistani airport
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 12 (ANI): As Pakistan imposed new travel restrictions on the United States diplomats, the American cargo would now have to undergo scanning at Pakistani airports.
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Rohingya case: Supreme Court adjourned matter till May 11
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 09: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the case regarding deportation of Rohingya refugees till May 11 (Friday).
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Rohingya refugees, host communities being vaccinated against cholera
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], May 7 (ANI): A massive cholera vaccination campaign began on Monday to protect nearly one million Rohingyas and their host communities living in and around the refugee camps in Bangladesh, to prevent any potential outbreak during the ongoing monsoon season.
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Hungary doesn't want EU to spend 'a single cent' on refugees
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Budapest [Hungary], May 5 (ANI): Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday said that not 'a single cent' should be allocated for refugees in the European Union (EU) budget.
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Rohingya refugees falling prey to human traffickers
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 3 (ANI): Rohingya refugees, who fled to Bangladesh since late August last year to escape the inter-communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, are facing another threat in the form of human trafficking.
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No magic solution to Rohingya crisis: UNSC
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], April 29 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council, after visiting the Rohingya camp here on Sunday, said that there was no magic solution.
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Israel suspends plan to deport African migrants
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Jerusalem [Israel], Apr 25 (ANI): Israel on Tuesday announced that it suspended the controversial policy of deporting thousands of African migrants from the country after the authorities failed to seal an emigration deal with a third country.
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