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ETGE PM urges Canadian govt to take action against China's Uyghur genocide
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Abdulahat Nur called on the Canadian government to officially recognise and denounce the Uyghur genocide and to acknowledge East Turkistan as a territory under Chinese colonial domination, and to reaffirm its pledge to resettle at least 10,000 Uyghur refugees in Canada.
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Pak: PkMAP stages rally in Quetta against Afghan refugees' repatriation
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The Pashtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) of Pakistan staged a rally in Quetta demanding an end to the forced repatriation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to grant them Pakistani citizenship after more than four decades of residence.
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Rajasthan: Pakistani refugees in distress, urge government to "reconsider"
Updated : 11 months ago IST
In a heartbreaking account, Radha Bhil, a Pakistani national residing here on a short-term visa, received her two-year-old merely three days ago, who she had left in the neighbouring country as a visa for the child was not issued earlier. The child was merely two months old when she left him
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US Vice President Vance meets Vatican officials, discusses migrants, refug
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The meeting comes after months of tension between the administration of US President Donald Trump and American church leaders over immigration policies.
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JUI-F chief condemns repatriation of Afghan nationals from Pakistan, urges
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
While addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Rehman said, "Pakistani authorities are trampling on the human rights of Afghan refugees by hauling them like chattels in vehicles. Islamabad is unhappy over something else but taking revenge on Afghan refugees. This is a sentimental type of
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Pakistan: 1458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards deported from Khyber
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
As many as 1,458 Afghan nationals holding citizen cards were repatriated from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Afghanistan through the Torkham border.
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Pakhtun nationalist leaders call on Pakistan to halt deportation of Afghan
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Leaders of Pakhtun nationalist parties on Wednesday called on Pakistan to halt the deportation of Afghan refugees, urging the government to stop sending back people who have lived in the country for over four decades, the Dawn reported on Thursday.
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Egypt condemns Israeli closure orders to UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Egypt strongly condemned on Wednesday the Israeli occupation's closure orders for six schools operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem.
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UN experts urge Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations, warn of rights viola
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
UN human rights experts have urged Pakistan to immediately stop the mass deportation and forced return of Afghan nationals, warning of serious rights violations amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. They called on Islamabad to uphold international obligations and protect vulnerabl
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Taliban officials urge Pakistan to prepare joint mechanism for gradual rep
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation spokesperson, Mufti Abdul Mutalib Haqqani, said that bringing the refugees back is the official policy of Afghanistan, Dawn reported. However, it should be conducted under a joint mechanism with Pakistan so that refugees are returned graduall
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Myanmar starts confirming Rohingyas eligible for return with first list of
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Myanmar authorities have confirmed to Bangladesh that out of a list of 800,000 Rohingyas sheltered in Bangladesh, they have identified 180,000 Rohingyas eligible for return to Myanmar.
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UN expresses concern as Pakistan set to resume deportation of Afghan refug
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Holding camps have been set up, and Afghan refugees are being repatriated through the Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan's Chaman district, according to a district official, Dawn reported on Thursday.
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