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198 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that 198 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya.
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UNHCR urges Libya to address 'dire' situation of asylum-seekers
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday called on the Libyan authorities to immediately address the "dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in a humane and rights-based manner."
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Gunmen kill seven in Bangladesh Rohingya camp attack
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Cox's Bazar [Bangladesh], October 22 (ANI): Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 20 on Friday in an assault on an Islamic seminary in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, heightening tensions in the settlements after the recent shooting of a community leader, a media report said
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Possible Afghan refugee crisis could cost Pakistan 500 million dollars ann
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that a possible refugee crisis in Afghanistan is likely to increase the burden of refugees on Pakistan and other countries and Islamabad will have to bear a burden of 500 million dollars annually, reported
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Economic collapse of Afghanistan likely to further refugee crisis, says IM
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Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said that Afghanistan's economy is set to contract up to 30 per cent this year and it is likely to further fuel a refugee crisis that will impact neighbours, Turkey and Europe, a media report said.
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Uzbek logistics center receives nearly 100 tonnes of UN humanitarian aid f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan received from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a total of 96 tonnes of humanitarian aid destined for Afghanistan, the director of the cargo center Nodirbek Jalilov told Sputnik.
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UNHCR calls on nations to expedite family reunification procedures for Afg
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 16 (ANI): Amid the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, urged countries to step up reunification for Afghans whose families remain in the country or who are displaced across the region.
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Int'l community cannot ignore Afghan crisies: UN official
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): The international community cannot look away from the multiple crises unfolding in Afghanistan, said a UN official, adding that Hunger the plight of women and girls, the looming economic crisis and COVID-19 remain alarming and require urgent action.
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Canada to accept 40,000 Afghan refugees amid crisis in Afghanistan
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Ottawa [Canada], October 13 (ANI): The Canadian government has said it is accepting 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan and urged other nations to step up their support to resettle refugees also.
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UNRWA starts rebuilding Palestinian refugees' homes destroyed in fighting
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Gaza [Palestine], October 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) started rebuilding Palestinian refugees' homes, which had been destroyed by Israel in the Gaza Strip in May, a UN official said on Tuesday.
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UNHCR warns Afghanistan crisis worsening as temperatures drop
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan is worsening, and funding for emergency aid is urgently needed to help 20 million people there.
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As part of Spain's second phase of evacuation, flight with 84 Afghan refug
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 12 (ANI): In the second phase of the evacuation of Afghan refugees, a plane carrying 84 refugees landed at a military base near Madrid on Monday.
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