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European Commission provides €3m for Rohingyas in Bangladesh
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec.29 (ANI): Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will be provided emergency humanitarian assistance by the European Commission to the tune of Euro 300 000.
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Govt. tried to redeem an anomaly of past by granting domicile certificate:
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 24(ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the opposition was having a problem with the present regime, as it has tried to redeem an anomaly of the past by granting domicile certificates to ref
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Domicile certificate has nothing to do with 'religion' of West P
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Jaipur [India], Dec. 23 (ANI): Defending its move to grant domicile certificates to West Pakistan refugees, the Centre on Friday swatted off charges that the move had a 'Hindutva' agenda behind it, asserting that the nation owes it to them to ensure for they get dignified means of
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China: 'Air-pocalypse' blights half a billion, smog refugees fle
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 21 (ANI): With the world's most populated nation being hit by "airpocalyse" reducing people to survive under a blanket of toxic fumes, several of "smog refugees" have reportedly fled China's pollution-stricken north.
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Three UN staffers abducted in Sudan released
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Dec 20 (ANI): Three United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff members including two Nepalis who were abducted on November 27 from El Geneina, Sudan, have been safely released.
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MHA team visits Bru refugee camp in North Tripura to discuss early repatri
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Aizwal (Mizoram) [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Expressing concern over the early repatriation of the Brus Refugees, which was more likely to start by November, is still on hold in the northern Tripura District. MHA officials have been frequently visiting t
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Protests in Malaysia in support of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Dec. 4 (ANI): Thousands of Malaysians and Rohingya refugees gathered at Titiwangsa Stadium to protest against the alleged state-endorsed persecution of the Muslim minority group in Myanmar on Sunday.
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PoK refugees welcome Centre's Rs. 2,000-cr package, not ready to give
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Dec. 3 (ANI): Refugees from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), who are now settled in Jammu and Kashmir, have welcomed the Central Government's decision to sanction a Rs 2,000-crore package for them.
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U.S. to provide USD 39 million assistance for refugees returning to Afghan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Nov. 24 (ANI): The United States has announced to provide over USD 39 million to meet the extraordinary needs of Afghan refugees returning to Afghanistan. This brings the total U.S. contribution to the Afghan humanitarian response to more than $207 million si
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Germany to deport 12,000 Afghan refugees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 18 (ANI): Germany will reportedly repatriate more than 12,500 Afghan refugees as the officials state that the security situation in Afghanistan is safe enough for their return.
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900,000 Afghan refugees return from Pakistan and Iran
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 15 (ANI): About 900,000 Afghan refugees have returned this year from Pakistan and Iran surpassing all previous years, said Afghanistan's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) on Tuesday.
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Refugees' resettlement: Australia announces "one-off" deal
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Nov. 13 (ANI): Australia has announced a landmark "one-off" resettlement deal with the United States for some refugees held at its remote offshore detention facilities on Nauru and Manus Island.
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