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Data Wind signs two MoUs with educational institutes
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Nov. 7(ANI): To commemorate the visit of John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Canada, DataWind on Monday signed two Memorandums of Understanding(MoU), one with A K Education Pvt. Ltd and the other with Carleton University in the presence of t
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France: Calais 'jungle' camp refugees clash with police ahead of
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Oct. 24 (ANI): Residents of 'The Jungle' in Calais, a French refugee camp, clashed with police as the government prepared to close the settlement.
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India to support if Lankan govt helps in remigration of refugees: MEA
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 20(ANI): India will have no problem if Sri Lankan refugees want to return their homeland with the help of their government, said Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup in response a question on sending back Sri Lankan refugees living in
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Afghanistan agrees to retake 'unlimited' refugees from Europe
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Oct. 4 (ANI): The Afghan Government has agreed to take back an 'unlimited number' of refugees deported from the member states of the European Union (EU) after the two sides signed an agreement.
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West Pakistan Refugees meet Rajnath, submit charter of demands
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 23 (ANI): A delegation of West Pakistani Refugees (WPRs) led by its president Labha Ram Gandhi on Friday met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and submitted a charter of demands.
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Baloch nationals protest at UN headquarters, urge India to home refugees
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], Sept. 22 (ANI): Baloch nationals on Wednesday staged a protest against atrocities laid by Pakistan on the residents of Balochistan outside United Nation head quarters, and also urged India to give shelter to its orphaned Baloch population.
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World leaders adopt declaration on refugees at UN
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept. 20 (ANI): The leaders from 193 countries came together to adopt the 'New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants' at the United Nations to save the lives of over 65 million refugees and migrants and share responsibility.
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Human Rights Watch asks Pak to cease driving Afghan refugees away
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Sept. 15 (ANI): Maintaining that Pakistan should extend legal residency status to Afghan refugees till the end of December next year, Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on its authorities to cease "coercive measures and other abuses" that are driving t
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US to increase refugee intake to 110k in 2017
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [USA], Sept. 14 (ANI): A senior administration official has said that the United States is planning to increase the number of refugees accepted into the country to at least 1,10,000 in 2017.
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Registered Afghan refugees can now stay in Pakistan till March 2017, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 10 (ANI): Pakistan's federal cabinet has granted an extension of stay to registered Afghan refugees in the country by a further three months.
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Children make up 58 % of all Pakistani migrants: UN report
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Sept. 8 (ANI): United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in its latest report has pointed out that children make up 58 per cent of all refugees from Pakistan, the highest proportion in the South Asian region.
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Thousands of refugees stuck at Jordan border face risk of epidemics
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Sept. 4 (ANI): Aid workers have warned that tens of thousands of "ghost" refugees, who have been trapped in the desert along Jordan's border with Syria for more than two months, are at a risk of epidemics.
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