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Turkey tightens security at Iran border to stop Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], August 15 (ANI): Turkey has tightened security its borders with Iran in an attempt to stop the refugees' influx from Afghanistan, media reports said on Sunday.
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UN refugee agency welcomes start of COVID-19 vaccination drive for Rohingy
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], August 15 (ANI): The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has welcomed the start of the vaccination drive for Rohingyas refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazar area of Bangladesh.
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US in talks with Qatar to house thousands of Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 14 (ANI): The US government is working to finalise an agreement with Qatar to temporarily house thousands of Afghan refugees who worked with the US military, local media has reported.
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Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans as Taliban blitz continues
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI): Canada on Friday (local time) announced it is expanding a program to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees amid Taliban onslaught in Afghanistan.
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Afghan refugees in Delhi worried about family, friends as Taliban captures
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): With the Taliban gaining ground in Afghanistan and advancing towards Kabul, the Afghan nationals who flew to India over the years are "extremely worried" following unprovoked attacks on civilians and executions of captured soldiers.
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Switzerland suspends deportation of Afghan migrants amid Taliban offensive
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva (Switzerland), August 12 (ANI): Switzerland on Wednesday suspended the forced return of failed Afghan asylum seekers due to the dire security situation in Afghanistan.
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Germany, Netherlands suspend deportation of refugees to Afghanistan as fig
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], August 11 (ANI): Germany and the Netherlands have suspended deportations of Afghanistan refugees amid the escalating violence between government forces and Taliban, in which the latter has captured nine provincial capitals in the war-torn country.
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Bangladesh initiates vaccination of Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar refuge
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh] August 10 (ANI): Bangladesh government on Tuesday started vaccinating Rohingyas refugees living in camps in Cox's Bazar area as a part of the country's mass vaccination process.
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Foreign nationals entering country without valid travel documents treated
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed the Lower House of the Parliament that those foreign nationals who entered the country without valid travel documents in a surreptitious manner are treated as illegal migrants an
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Afghans in India anxious about relatives as Taliban intensifies offensive
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Thousands of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers in India are living in fear and uncertainty as the Taliban intensify their attacks on Afghan security forces and capture more territory in the war-torn country.
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J-K: West Pakistan refugees celebrate 2nd anniversary of Article 370 abrog
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 5 (ANI): Refugees from West Pakistan on Thursday danced to the beats of dholak to celebrate the second anniversary of the abrogation of articles 370 and 35-A which resulted in them gaining citizenship rights in Jammu and Kashmir.
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US wants Pakistan to keep border open for Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): Amid a surge in violence by Taliban in Afghanistan post US drawdown, the influx of Afghan refugees has increased at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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