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"West Bengal not hers alone": Sukanta Majumdar reacts to Mamata Banerjee's
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Majumdar's remarks came in response to Banerjee's offer to shelter Bangladeshi refugees.
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West Pakistan Refugees thank PM Modi for granting them citizenship
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The refugees, upon meeting Union Minister of State, Jitendra Singh, expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi for their unwavering support and assistance during our times of hardship and displacement, the Ministry of Personnel, Public G
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Palestine thanks India for first tranche of USD 2.5 million to UNRWA
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
"We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to the Indian Government to release of the first tranche USD 2.5 million to the united Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA as a part of its annual contribution at USD 5 Million for the year 2024-2025,
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“Not fashionable in 1970 as it is now to be anti-Muslim…”: Mani Shankar Ai
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Noting that the Indian Army and the political leadership led by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi were on the same page on the options in the wake of inflow of East Bengali refugees into India in 1971 and actions of Pakistan military, former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Monday t
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India releases USD 2.5 million in aid for Palestine refugees
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
India on Monday announced that they have released the first tranche of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as part of its annual contribution of USD 5 million for the year 2024-25.
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UNRWA is a backbone of humanitarian operations in Gaza: UN chief
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Without the necessary support and financing from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Palestine Refugees will lose a critical lifeline and the last ray of hope for a better future, warned Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio G
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Pakistan rules out talks with TTP, urges Afghanistan to act against terror
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
While addressing a weekly press conference on Thursday, Pakistan's Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said, "...Pakistan has no designs of entering into any talks with a terror group that has been involved in killings of Pakistani citizens...."
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Israel and Canada are working to find asylum for refugees in Canada
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The Canadian Deputy Minister of Immigration, Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar is leading a delegation to Israel that is working on strengthening cooperation and mutual learning between the Canadian and Israeli immigration authorities as well as finding ways to allow asylum seekers currently in Israel
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Nearly 12,000 Afghan migrants deported from Iran, Pakistan in four days
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In a newsletter, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that 11,997 Afghan migrants were expelled by the governments of Pakistan and Iran and have returned to Afghanistan.
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Kareena Kapoor celebrates 24 years of 'Refugee', says, "best is yet to com
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Kareena Kapoor and Abhishek Bachchan starrer 'Refugee' completed 24 years today. The romantic drama film directed by JP Dutta also starred Jackie Shroff, Sunil Shetty and Anupam Kher.
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Terror Shooting Suspect Arrested in Tulkarm
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a joint operation by the Shin Bet (Israel's anti-terror General Security Services), Border Police and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) units conducted on June 5, Israeli forces arrested terrorist Amar Netzer Allah, a resident of the Tulkarm refugee camp, who is suspected of being involved in s
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World Uyghur Congress exposes harassment of refuge-seeking Uyghurs abroad
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
The WUC urged international human rights organisations and host countries to abide by their obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention and uphold the principle of non-refoulement by immediately ceasing any extradition of Uyghur refugees and asylum seekers to China
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