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Germany to impose quotas on number of Afghan refugees
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 7 (ANI): Germany intends to restrict the number of Afghan refugees into the country.
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Iranian Minister urges Afghan refugees to take part in census
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has urged Afghan refugees to participate in the census to be conducted in the country as according to the United Nations about 780,000 Afghan refugees migrated to Iran following the Taliban takeover last year.
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EU pledges extra USD 55 mln in funding for Moldova's economic reforms
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 5 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission announced on Thursday a plan to spend 52 million euros (USD 55 million) on Moldova's economic reforms to raise its investment and business profile.
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Afghan refugees left in limbo as Taliban-Iran border tensions rise
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 4 (ANI): Afghans who sought refuge in Iran in the wake of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, are increasingly facing a risk of deportation by the Iranian authorities, amid the rising tensions at the desert border between the two countries, a media report
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US First Lady to start trip to Romania, Slovakia on May 5 - Reports
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 2 (ANI/Sputnik): US First Lady Jill Biden will visit Romania and Slovakia this week to show support to Ukrainian refugees, meet with US military personnel deployed overseas, and hold official meetings, media reported on Monday, citing the White House.
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Angelina Jolie meets children, visits cafe in Ukraine's Lviv
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Lviv [Ukraine], May 1 (ANI): Amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is on a visit to the country as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was seen meeting children and visiting a cafe in Lviv.
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500,000 people displaced by drought in Somalia in three months: UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): About 500,000 people have been displaced due to severe drought ravaging several parts of Somalia in the first three months to March, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday.
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UNHCR welcomes release of illegal migrants from detention in Libya
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) welcomed the release of 35 illegal migrants from a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
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Turkey sends 227 migrants back to Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], April 26 (ANI): At least 227 Afghan nationals who entered Turkey illegally were flown back to Afghanistan on Sunday, local media reported citing officials as saying.
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Afghan delegation to visit Iran amid border tension
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 26 (ANI): An Afghan delegation led by the Taliban's acting minister of refugees and repatriations is set to visit Iran's capital Tehran to hold talks over refugee-related challenges and the border tension, local media reported.
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Pakistan: Afghan refugees protest outside UNHCR office in Islamabad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 25 (ANI): Afghan refugees protested outside the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Islamabad as they seek the distribution of immigration cards to expedite their registration.
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Granting citizenship to Syrian refugees could tip the scales in Turkey's e
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus] April 25 (ANI): The question of granting citizenship to refugees from Syria and Afghanistan is gradually becoming a controversial issue in Turkey, as the leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party Kemal Kilicdaroglu openly accuses President Recep Tayyip Erdog
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