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Paris 2024: IOC announces Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders aiming for n
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The 44 athletes come from 12 countries, are hosted by 16 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across all five continents, and are competing in 12 sports.
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Global displacement hits record 89.3 million in 2021: UN report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people forced to flee their homes reached 89.3 million by the end of 2021, a record high since records began, up 8 per cent year on year, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Thursday.
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'Afghanistan has been forgotten': UN envoy on arrival in Kabul
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly T. Clements has called on the Taliban to discuss the plight of Afghan refugees and their return to the soil as many of them flee the war-torn nation when it seized power in Afghanistan last year.
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John Cena meets teen Ukrainian refugee fan with down syndrome
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 12 (ANI): American actor and former wrestler John Cena, during a recent European trip, made time to connect with a fan who fled Ukraine with his mom.
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applica
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community to respond positively to their asylum applications.
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Tibetan refugees elect local leaders in Kathmandu
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], June 7 (ANI): Tibetan refugees in Kathmandu elected their local leaders from Bauddha and Jorpati.
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Palestinian woman killed by Israeli soldiers in southern West Bank: medics
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Ramallah [Palestine], June 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A Palestinian woman on Wednesday was killed by Israeli soldiers at an Israeli army checkpoint near Al-Aroub refugee camp close to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said Palestinian medics.
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UN expresses concerns over resurgence of fighting in DR Congo
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 31 (ANI): The UN Refugee Agency have expressed deep concerns about the urgent and large-scale needs of more than 72,000 people who have been displaced by fighting in recent days in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Over 1,000 Afghan refugees returned home from neighbouring countries
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 30 (ANI): A total of 1,094 Afghan nationals who had taken refuge in neighbouring countries of Pakistan and Iran returned home on Saturday, the country's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation confirmed on Monday.
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1,167 Ethiopian refugees flee to Sudan: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Sunday disclosed 1,167 Ethiopian refugees have arrived in Sudan in recent days.
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UNHCR expands operations in Poland to reach refugees from Ukraine amid ris
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], May 29 (ANI): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, continues to scale up its operations in Poland to provide aid to refugees from Ukraine who have settled across the country.
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More than half of Afghanistan's population dependent on humanitarian assis
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 28 (ANI): Afghanistan is facing its worst humanitarian crisis since the Taliban seized power in August last year as poverty and unemployment are at an all-time high and families in Kabul are forced to move to the streets.
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