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US lawmakers introduce bill to prioritise refugee status to Uyghurs
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 14 (ANI): US Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons on Tuesday introduced bipartisan legislation wherein people of China's Uyghur minority community facing government repression would become eligible for prioritised US refugee status.
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Amit Shah promises welfare fund for refugees, for girls free education, tr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
North 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday promised that a BJP government in Bengal would constitute a "Mukhyamantri Saranarthi Kalyan Yojana (Chief Minister's Refugee Welfare Scheme)" for all refugees and said that every girl will be
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US restoring aid to Palestinians with USD 235 mn for UN refugee agency, de
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The US is planning to resume financial assistance to the Palestinian people with a USD 235 million package that includes funding for development in the West Bank and Gaza along with assistance for the UN refugee agency and peacebuilding programs, Secretary of
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SC to hear plea seeking release, protection of Rohingya refugees in J-K to
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Supreme Court will pass its order on a petition seeking release and protection of over 150 Rohingya refugees in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Provide us money, not COVID-19 vaccines: Afghan refugees to Pak govt
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], April 5 (ANI): Afghan refugees, who are living in the abysmal conditions in southern provinces of Pakistan, has demanded the country's government to provide them money and not COVID-19 vaccines as their camps have not been hit by the virus.
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Pakistan postpones cards renewal to Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The renewal and verification of documents of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have been suspended temporarily in view of the third wave of coronavirus in the country.
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Will request Centre to change foreign policy to accept Myanmar refugees: M
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Aizawl (Mizoram) [India], April 1 (ANI): Days after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked four northeastern states including Mizoram to take appropriate action to prevent a possible influx of people from coup-hit Myanmar into India, Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Thursday said that he is s
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SC reserves order, restrains Centre on plea against deportation of Rohingy
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 26 (ANI): Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a fresh plea seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order regarding deporting them to Myanmar.
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SC to hear plea tomorrow seeking release of detained Rohingya refugees in
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will hear the matter tomorrow on the petition seeking immediate release of detained Rohingya refugees in Jammu and restrain the Centre from implementing any order regarding deporting them to Myanmar.
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Mizo Students' Association holds candlelight protest in Delhi to express s
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): The Mizo Students' Association on Tuesday held a candlelight protest to show solidarity with the people killed in the grim violence in Myanmar following the February 1 coup.
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India 'not signatory' to 1951 UN Convention: MHA on asylum to Myanmar refu
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday replied on India's stand of giving Asylum to Myanmar refugees, saying that the country is not a signatory to the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereon.
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Refugee centers in Ethiopia's Tigray at risk of disease outbreaks: UNICEF
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethopia], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): There are widespread concerns that overcrowding at refugee centers and lack of health facilities will drive disease outbreaks in Ethiopia's conflict-torn Tigray region, a UNICEF spokesman told Sputnik.
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