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Polish border guards say migrants fired tear gas at them allegedly provide
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Warsaw [Poland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Polish border guards said on Saturday that migrants fired tear gas against them, which the refugees allegedly had received from the Belarusian security forces.
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Belarus-Poland crisis: UN urges all parties to respect human rights
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New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Amid growing concerns about the plight of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers at the Poland-Belarus border, the UN rights office and UN refugee agency on Friday urged all parties to respect human rights and refrain from using them for political ends.
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New migrants arrive daily at makeshift refugee camp at Belarusian-Polish b
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Minsk [Belarus], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A makeshift refugee camp on the Belarusian-Polish border daily receives new groups of migrants, Anton Bychkovsky, a spokesman for the State Border Committee of Belarus, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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Sheikh Hasina calls on world leaders to 'act seriously' for Rohingyas repa
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Paris [France], November 13 (ANI): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on world leaders to "act seriously" to ensure the repatriation of forcibly displaced Rohingya refugees to Myanmar
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Over 84 million people displaced from their homes owing to violence, insec
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New York [US], November 12 (ANI): As more people flee violence, insecurity and the effects of climate change, the number forcibly displaced now exceeds 84 million globally, according to new data released on Thursday by the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
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Afghanistan's acting FM to discuss Kabul-Islamabad relations, economic iss
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Islamabad [Pakistan], November 11 (ANI): Afghan acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, who is on a three-day visit to Pakistan, will discuss Kabul-Islamabad relations, the economy, transit and as well as refugee issues with the Pakistani side, local media reported.
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Indore: 101 Sindhi refugees from Pakistan granted Indian citizenship
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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], November 11 (ANI): A total of 101 Indian citizenship certificates were given on Wednesday to the people belonging to Sindhi Community who came from Pakistan in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.
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Dozens of illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
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Tripoli [Libya], November 10 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 65 illegal migrants were rescued at sea and returned to Libya, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.
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Thousands fleeing DR Congo due to fighting: UNHCR
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Kinshasa [DR Congo], November 10 (ANI): Fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has forced at least 11,000 people to flee to neighbouring Uganda since Sunday night, representing the largest refugee influx in a single day for more than a year, the UN refugee agency,
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Pentagon says stranded Afghan pilots to be evacuated from Tajikistan soon
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Washington [US] November 10 (ANI): A group of nearly 200 stranded Afghan refugees, including military pilots, will soon be evacuated from Tajikistan after they fled Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover, US Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby said.
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Russia's Lavrov urges western States to stop 'sabotaging' return of Syrian
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Moscow [Russia], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on the Western countries on Tuesday to cease undermining the return of Syrian refugees to their home country by flouting the UN mandate to create the conditions for repatriation.
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Vatican calling on Europe to take responsibility for refugees on Polish-Be
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Vatican City [Vatican], November 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Top Vatican diplomat Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher called on the European authorities on Tuesday to take responsibility for migrants and refugees in connection with the crisis on Belarus' border with Poland and Lithuania.
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