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Registered Afghan refugees can now stay in Pakistan till March 2017, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's federal cabinet has granted an extension of stay to registered Afghan refugees in the country by a further three months.
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Children make up 58 % of all Pakistani migrants: UN report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 8 (ANI): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in its latest report has pointed out that children make up 58 per cent of all refugees from Pakistan, the highest proportion in the South Asian region.
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Thousands of refugees stuck at Jordan border face risk of epidemics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Sept. 4 (ANI): Aid workers have warned that tens of thousands of "ghost" refugees, who have been trapped in the desert along Jordan's border with Syria for more than two months, are at a risk of epidemics.
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8,000 Afghan refugees to be repatriated from Pak every day after Eid
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 2 (ANI): About 2,40,000 Afghan refugees will be repatriated every month after Eid-ul Azha, said Chief Commissioner for Afghan Refugees Dr Imran Zaib on Friday.
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Mizoram Bru repatriation to start from Nov.: MHA official
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala, Aug. 31 (ANI): Repatriation of Mizoram Bru tribal refugees, sheltered in seven camps in northern part of Tripura for the last 19 years, shall start from the first week of November, said a senior official of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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Singing for a better future: Yuva Beats, the Afghan Refugee band
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
By Vinamrata Takia
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Hrithik cheers for Olympic Refugee participant with heartfelt message
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Superstar Hrithik Roshan is excited for the on-going Rio Olympics just like everyone else and referring to the biggest sports event, the actor posted an extremely thought provoking tweet last night.
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India's lone judoka Avtar Singh crashes out of Rio Olympics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Aug. 10 (ANI): Avtar Singh, India's sole judoka in ongoing Rio Olympics, was knocked out of the prestigious games after suffering a defeat at the hands of Misenga Popole of the Refugee Olympic Team in the Men's 90 kg elimination round-of-32 here on Wednesda
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UN says "gravely concerned" by Nauru abuse reports
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London, Aug. 10 (ANI): Voicing concern over the leaked reports revealing widespread abuse and trauma among children and women at Australia's offshore detention centre for asylum seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has said it is "gravel
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Two juveniles among three held for molestation of Burmese girl
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug. 7 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested three accused, including two juvenile, in connection with the molestation a 23-year-old Burmese refugee girl on the intervening night of August 5-6 in Sitapuri locality.
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Gay Syrian refugee brutally murdered in Turkey
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York, Aug. 5 (ANI): A Syrian gay refugee living in Turkey has been brutally murdered as his body was so mutilated that his friends could only identify him by his pants.
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Merkel refuses to reverse Germany's refugee policy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin, July 28 (ANI): Pronouncing that the assailants want to undermine Germany's willingness to help people in need, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has firmly rejected calls to reverse her welcoming stance towards refugees despite a series of brutal attacks in the country.
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