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Iran deported 147 Afghan refugees: Taliban authorities
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the Taliban border official, out of those 147 Afghan refugees, 67 were referred to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to receive food and other basic requirements.
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Over 2,000 Afghan refugees return back from Iran, Pakistan
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Taking to Twitter, the Refugees, and Repatriation department, on Saturday, said that 1851 Afghan refugees from Iran and 331 others from Pakistan returned home through Spin Boldak and Islamqala crossing points.
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Pakistan prison releases 26 Afghan detainees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The detainees were brought from the prisons in Pakistan through the Spin Boldak border crossing. Afghanistan's department of Refugees and Repatriation, on Wednesday, said that women and children were imprisoned in Sindh because of the lack of residency documents. They were among those detain
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Iranian border forces kill 11 Afghan refugees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The Iranian border forces on Friday handed over the dead bodies of eleven Afghan citizens to the Taliban officials at the Nimroz border crossing.
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Israeli band performs Iraqi classical music commemorating Jewish refugees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Based in Tel Aviv Israel, the band members included vocalist-percussionist Aviv Badri Ezra, violist-vocalist Johanna Riethmueller and oud player-vocalist Yaniv Mazel.
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Over 1,000 refugees brought to safety in Italy from Mediterranean
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Over 1,000 people were brought to safety at two Italian ports after the overcrowded boats they were on encountered problems in the Mediterranean, the Italian coastguard has said, almost two weeks after at least 74 people died in a shipwreck.
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US announces USD 26 million in humanitarian aid to Bangladesh, Myanmar
Updated : 3 years ago IST
With this new funding, the US' total assistance for those affected by the Rakhine State and Rohingya crisis has reached nearly USD 2.1 billion since August 2017, when over 7,40,000 Rohingya were forced to flee to safety in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, according to a press statement issued by the
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6 refugees held for attempting to escape to Sri Lanka illegally in Tamil N
Updated : 3 years ago IST
They were arrested from a hostel in Velankanni area of Nagapattinam during a raid.
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Pakistan releases 147 imprisoned Afghan refugees
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to Khaama Press, children and women are among those who have been released, and a prisoner's body has also been transferred, according to local officials for refugees in Kandahar.
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J-K: Administration to hold serial programs to listen to PoK refugees' pro
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The special governance camps will start on Monday from Sports Stadium Bhor Camp in Chatta which will be inaugurated by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha. These programs are being organized with the support of PoK Visthapit Sewa Samiti which will continue till March 19.
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Death toll in Turkey earthquake rises above 45,000: UN Office for Humanita
Updated : 3 years ago IST
According to the latest statement of AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency), 45,089 people lost their lives. 115,000 people were injured, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
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Pakistan's TTP trouble spells the failure of its Afghanistan policy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Any confrontation on the Af-Pak border that has already witnessed skirmishes would surely mean bigger tensions and frequent closure of access to a landlocked Afghanistan.
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