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Free Balochistan Movement expresses concern over death of Karima Baloch
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Quetta [Pakistan], December 23 (ANI): The Free Balochistan Movement (FBM) in a statement expressed grave concerns over the sudden death of Banuk Karima Baloch, the former chairperson of Baloch Student Organisation-Azad (BSO-Azad) and also condemned the murder of two Baloch refugees in Afghan
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UN refugee agency appeals for urgent support to ease Ethiopia's crisis
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, together with 30 humanitarian partners, on Tuesday appealed for 156 million US dollars to meet "the critical humanitarian needs" of Ethiopian refugees fleeing the Tigray conflict through the
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UN allocates over USD 35 million to aid refugees leaving Tigray region
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated USD 35.6 million to provide humanitarian assistance to people fleeing the ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the OCHA said in a statement on Thursday.
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Rohingya refugees hail 'mother Sheikh Hasina' for providing comfort housin
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Bhasan Char [Bangladesh], December 17 (ANI): As the Bangladesh government has established a new home for Rohingya refugees from Cox's Bazar to Bhasan Char, Rohingyas expressed gratitude to "mother Sheikh Hasina" for making sincere efforts to provide them with "peace and comfort housing".
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Over 1,100 refugees returned to Nagorno-Karabakh in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 9 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 1,100 refugees have returned to Stepanakert, the capital of the breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, within the past 24 hours with the assistance from Russian peacekeepers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
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BJP govt to start granting citizenship to refugees under CAA from Jan next
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Parganas 24 (West Bengal) [India], December 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal in-charge, Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that BJP led Centre government will start the process of granting citizenship to refugees under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), from January
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Gupkar alliance never gave right to vote to refugees from Pakistan, says S
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Samba (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 5 (ANI): Union Minister for Textiles, Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Saturday slammed members of the Gupkar alliance saying that they never gave the right to vote to refugees from Pakistan.
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Rohingya refugees excited to shift from Cox's Bazar to "peace, comfort and
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 5 (ANI): As the process to shift the Rohingyas from Bangladesh's Cox Bazar to Bhasan Char begins, a sense of excitement has spread among the refugees, who are seeking "peace, comfort and nice housing".
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DDC polls: Living here for 70 years but voted for local body first time, s
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], December 1 (ANI): West Pakistani refugees of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday cast their vote for local body elections for the first time.
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Who is stopping you from removing illegal Rohingya refugees? Owaisi respon
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], November 29 (ANI): All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday asked who is stopping Union Home Minister Amit Shah from removing illegal Rohingya refugees. Owaisi said that Shah has become the first Home Minister who is seeki
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Tripura outfit calls off anti-Bru protest, CM says refugees to be settled
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 25 (ANI): As the government invited the leaders of the Joint Movement Committee (JMC), which was leading the protest against the settlement of the Bru refugees in Tripura, to discuss their demands, the latter called off its indefinite strike in Kanchan
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UN General Assembly re-elects Grandi as high commissioner for refugees
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly on Monday re-elected High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for a two-and-a-half-year term, the UN Refugee Agency said in a press release.
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