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UN Chief proposes solution to Myanmar to address Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A], September 29 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has termed massive exodus of Rohingya Muslim minority as the 'world's fastest-developing refugee emergency' and proposed three things for the Myanmar government to address the humanitarian crisis.
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Rohingyas face discrimination in Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], September 28 (ANI): Pakistan's double standards stands exposed once again as on one hand Pakistan's government and Islamic groups have been making hue and cry over the "persecution" of the Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine by the Myanmar government, but on the other hand Rohingy
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India reassures Bangladesh of diplomatic, humanitarian support over Rohing
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 28 (ANI): India stands by Bangladesh in 'diplomatic and humanitarian ways' for addressing the Rohingya crisis, Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said.
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Trump administration reduces number of refugees allowed to resettle in U.S
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [U.S.A.], September 28 (ANI): The Trump administration has announced that it would reduce the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States, bringing the number to less than half of what former president Barack Obama had proposed for the current fiscal year.
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Everybody has to fall in line with what govt. says BJP on Varun Gandhi's c
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], September 27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi's comment on the Rohingya refugees has been slammed by his own party members with party spokesperson saying that "ultimately the Government of India takes the decision and everybody has to fal
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MoS Home questions Varun Gandhi's stand on Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] September 26 (ANI): Hitting on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi for urging the government to consider granting the refugee status to Rohingyas from Myanmar, Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir on Tuesday said that a leader who thinks in the fav
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Bangladesh calls on UN to find permanent solution to Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A] Sept. 22 (ANI): Raising the issue of the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis in the region, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called on the United Nations and the international community to take immediate and effective measures to find out a permanent solution
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Rohingya Muslims are not 'refugees': Rajnath Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that it would be a mistake to call Rohingya Muslims 'refugees' as they have not completed the legal process.
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No immediate apprehension of Rohingya's have been reported until now: ADG
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 21 (ANI): Additional Director General (ADG) of Border Security Force (BSF) Eastern Command R.P. Singh on Thursday said that the security forces have sealed the entire Indo-Bangladesh border of 4 thousand and 96 kilometers long and had no problems so
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Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi's interview with ANI: Full trans
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], Sept. 20 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi, in an exclusive interview with ANI, spoke about the ongoing Rohingya refugee crisis, counter-terrorism, The Dalai Lama's "Buddha to help Rohingyas" assertion and the way forward.
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Trying to help all those who're in distress: Suu Kyi on Dalai Lama's 'Budd
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 20 (ANI): Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi has been facing mounting international pressure for her handling of violence in the Rakhine state and the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Myanmar leader Suu Kyi explains why she didn't name 'Rohingyas' in state a
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], September 20 (ANI): When Myanmar State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi broke her silence over the Rohingya refugee issue and delivered a State of the Union address at Naypyitaw on Tuesday morning, she refrained from referring to the Muslim minority as 'Rohingyas', inviting t
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