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Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of cancer at a Thai immigration detention facility after being detained there for four years. Another two Uyghur children died in 2014, according to media reports, in
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At least 9000 Afghan refugees deported by Turkey since January 2023
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Turkey deported at least 9,000 refugees from Afghanistan back to the war-torn country since the beginning of 2023, Khaama Press quoted Human Rights Watch in Turkey as saying.
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Over 1 million Afghan refugees trapped between hostile Pakistan and Taliba
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Afghan refugees first became an effective tool for Pakistan to have influence in Afghanistan and advance its strategic interest of keeping Kabul as its "strategic backyard.
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Exiled Pak journalist Taha Siddiqui shares his tale in comic book-style au
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Taha Siddiqui, an award-winning journalist who fled Pakistan after escaping a kidnapping attempt, shared his tale in the comic book-style autobiography "Dissident Club," reported France24.
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Mizoram: Assam Rifles, Customs recover 235 cases of foreign cigarettes wor
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
In a breakthrough in its ongoing operation against smuggling, the Serchhip Battalion of Assam Rifles, under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East), recovered 235 cases of foriegn cigarettes worth Rs 3.525 crore in a general area Melbuk Refugee Camp, Zokhawthar, in Champhai distri
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Afghan women-run businesses on verge of collapse amid deepening Taliban re
Updated : 3 years ago IST
UNHCR in a report highlighted that a considerable number of women's business centres have lost their clients and ceased operations throughout the country.
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Plight of Uyghur refugees in Thailand, Pakistan amid China's use of econom
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Uyghurs are witnessing a new challenge, they are being detained not only in other countries but also in China itself, fearing persecution. This is a function of the Chinese using their economic clout as a political tool. Precisely for this reason, the Islamic world has maintained a stoic sil
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Iran deported 147 Afghan refugees: Taliban authorities
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the Taliban border official, out of those 147 Afghan refugees, 67 were referred to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to receive food and other basic requirements.
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Over 2,000 Afghan refugees return back from Iran, Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Taking to Twitter, the Refugees, and Repatriation department, on Saturday, said that 1851 Afghan refugees from Iran and 331 others from Pakistan returned home through Spin Boldak and Islamqala crossing points.
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Pakistan prison releases 26 Afghan detainees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The detainees were brought from the prisons in Pakistan through the Spin Boldak border crossing. Afghanistan's department of Refugees and Repatriation, on Wednesday, said that women and children were imprisoned in Sindh because of the lack of residency documents. They were among those detain
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Iranian border forces kill 11 Afghan refugees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Iranian border forces on Friday handed over the dead bodies of eleven Afghan citizens to the Taliban officials at the Nimroz border crossing.
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Israeli band performs Iraqi classical music commemorating Jewish refugees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Based in Tel Aviv Israel, the band members included vocalist-percussionist Aviv Badri Ezra, violist-vocalist Johanna Riethmueller and oud player-vocalist Yaniv Mazel.
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