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Centre committed to ensuring Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace,
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Salem (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 21 (ANI): Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a "personal relationship" with Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the central government is committed to ensuring that Tamil refugees in Sri Lanka live with peace, eq
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Abducted UNHCR aid worker pleads for his rescue in video released by Boko
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Maiduguri [Nigeria], February 21 (ANI): An aid worker of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), who has been abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from a major highway in northeast Borno State, has pleaded the authorities to rescue him in a video released by the Boko Haram terr
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CAA won't be implemented in Kerala, reiterates Vijayan after Amit Shah's r
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kasargod (Kerala) [India], February 14 (ANI): Days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the process of granting citizenship to refugees under the CAA would start as soon as COVID-19 vaccination concludes, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has reiterated that the Citizenship Amendmen
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Refugees from West Pakistan, PoK given domicile certificates in J-K: Amit
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 13 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been provided domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir.
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More than 90 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that more than 90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
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Blinken says US should accept refugees fleeing Hong Kong amid draconian la
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday (local time) lambasted China over its imposition of the draconian National Security Law in Hong Kong saying it acted "egregiously" to undermine the city.
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Bangladesh relocates 1,778 Rohingya refugees from Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Ch
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 29 (ANI): The Bangladesh government on Friday relocated 1,778 Rohingya refugees from Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Char.
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Massive fire at Bangladesh's Rohingya camp leaves hundreds of refugees hom
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 14 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at the Nayapara Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, leaving hundreds of people homeless.
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West Pakistan Refugees from J-K meets Jitendra Singh, thank PM Modi for gr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday met Union Minister Jitendra Singh and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting them citizenship rights "after a long wait of over seven decades", according to the Ministry
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Over 490 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh over past day, says Russian D
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 27 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 490 refugees have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh over the past day, the Russian Ministry of Defence said on Saturday.
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Killing of Pakistani dissidents dangerous trend, UNHRC needs to wake up, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], December 26 (ANI): The killing of Pakistani dissidents abroad is a dangerous trend that needs to be stopped and multilateral agencies such as the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also need to wake up to the
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Over 500 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh in last 24 hours, says Russia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 26 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 500 refugees have returned to the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh within the past 24 hours with assistance from Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Friday.
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