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CG Foundation extends its COVID-19 relief response to NCR region
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): CG Corp Global, an international conglomerate known for its philanthropy activities, has committed essential support to vulnerable communities in the National Capital Region with outreach including displaced artists, craftspeople, waste collectors, mine wor
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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 28 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Bangladesh to "immediately allow" two boats with 500 Rohingya refugees onboard "to come ashore and receive necessary food, water and health care."
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Impossible to contain COVID-19 in war-torn countries like Libya: UN
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 5 (ANI): The United Nations has warned that an outbreak of coronavirus in Libya could be worrisome and catastrophic for the country's Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and other 700,000 refugees in the country.
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Delhi Police DCP, her team provide essential items to Pak refugees in Majl
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 28 (ANI): Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) North West Vijayanta Arya and her team have taken responsibility for providing essential items to refugees from Pakistan living at a camp in Majlis Park for during the 21-day lockdown period.
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Erdogan to discuss migrant issues with EU in Brussels
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], Mar 9 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday (local time) said that he will hold talks with European Union officials in Brussels, as he called in Greece to "open the gates" for refugees at Turkey's border trying to get into Europe.
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15 killed as boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes near Saint Martin's
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb 12 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsized near Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday (local time), reported CNN citing Bangladeshi authorities.
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Pak to hold 2-day international conference on Afghan refugees from Feb 17
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 9 (ANI): Ministers and senior officials from around 20 countries will participate in a two-day international conference on Afghan refugees being convened by the Pakistan government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from
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Data relating to foreign nationals claiming to be refugees, residing in In
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 5 (ANI): The data relating to foreign nationals claiming to be refugees and residing in India is not maintained centrally, said Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs on Wednesday.
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Solved insurgency problems in North East, ensured peace: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked BJP's parliamentary party members to reach out to the people and apprise them about the historic agreements to thwart insurgency and ensure peace in the North East.
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For Bru refugees in Tripura, hope after years of struggle for settlement
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Successful rehabilitation of Bru refugees in Tripura has brought smiles and cheer to tribal folk in Tripura. The major decision came after the tripartite agreement was signed by the centre, Tripura, Mizoram state governments and Bru representatives.
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Only Christian migrants allowed to save Europe's future, says German theol
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Jan 25 (ANI): To save the identity of Europe, Christians were identified from among the migrants who came as refugees from the conflict zones of the Middle East to take refuge in various European countries, according to an expert in systematic theology.
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BJP workers to help refugees in registration for citizenship in Opposition
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Amid countrywide protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the BJP has chalked out a plan to help refugees in their registration for citizenship, especially in the states where opposition parties are in power.
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