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U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump administration's ban on refugees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Donald Trump administration to maintain its restrictive policy on refugees, squashing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that would have eased the travel ban to allow 24,000 refugees to enter the country befo
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Three Rohingya refugees killed in explosion near Myanmar-Bangladesh border
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], September 11 (ANI): At least three Rohingya refugees were killed and one injured after a landmine explosion near Myanmar's border with Bangladesh, on Sunday.
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Rohingya's will have to go back: Jitendra Singh
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) for Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh, in a blatant statement, on Tuesday asserted that the Rohingya Muslims will have to leave India.
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Rohingya deportation: India will follow legal path, won't use force, says
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 5 (ANI): Minister of State (MoS) Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday shunned the reports of the Centre cracking whip over Rohingyas Muslim in regard with their deportation and said that no other nation has accepted refugees as India.
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Rohingya Muslim petitioners urge SC to direct Centre not to deport them
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 4 (ANI): Two Rohingya Muslim refugees on Monday urged the Supreme Court to direct the Central government not to deport them to Myanmar.
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UN chief concerned as Rohingya refugees face deportation from India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], August 15 (ANI):United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres is concerned over reports that Rohingya Muslim refugees, both legal and unregistered, are possibly facing deportation from India.
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Merkel rules out setting limit on incoming refugees to Germany
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], July. 18 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out setting a limit to the number of refugees coming to Germany.
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Don't eliminate State Department's refugee office: Diplomats urg
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.], July. 18 (ANI): A number of former foreign policy experts have called on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to not eliminate the state department office that handles refugees.
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Myanmar should provide citizenship to Rohingya Muslims:UNHCR
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhakar [Bangladesh], July11 (ANI):After visiting two refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on the south-east coast, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in camps, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has observed that granting citizenship to
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Rising ocean levels could lead to 2 bn refugees by 2100
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 27 (ANI): Climate change is causing sea level rise around the world. According to a recent study, in the year 2100, two billion people - about one-fifth of the world's population - could become climate change refugees due to rising ocean levels.
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Kabul lauds Iran for hosting Afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul,[Afghanistan] June 20 (ANI): Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has hailed Iran's efforts to host Afghan refugees over the past three decades.
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EU to initiate legal action against Hungary, Poland, Czechs
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], June 13 (ANI) : The European Union will launch legal action against Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic this week for refusing to accept their share of refugees.
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