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Action against those procuring illegal ID's: Rijiju on Rohingya
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 02 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, on Tuesday said that no illegal procurement of Voter-ID cards by Rohingya refugees will be allowed by the government.
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States to identify Rohingya, collect biometric data: Rajnath Singh
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Kolkata [India], Oct 1 (ANI): Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said that states have been asked to identify Rohingya refugees and collect their biometric data, the report of which will be sent to Myanmar.
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RPF alerts Kerala over movement of Rohingyas
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 30 (ANI): The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has alerted the Kerala authorities to watch out for the movement of a large number of Rohingya refugees in groups with their families to Kerala.
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US slashes refugee admissions to 30,000 for 2019
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 18 (ANI): The Donald Trump administration on Monday announced that it would allow only 30,000 refugees to enter the United States from next year.
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US decides to end funding to UN for Palestinian refugees
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Sep 1 (ANI): The United States (US) has decided to end all the funding for the United Nations (UN) for the Palestinian refugees and called for a reduction in the number of Palestinians considered to be refugees.
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Gigi Hadid visits Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 18 (ANI): American supermodel Gigi Hadid visited Bangladesh to meet the Rohingya Muslim refugees.
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15 killed in Jalalabad attack
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jul 31 (ANI): At least 15 people were killed when two gunmen stormed into the building of department of migrants and refugees in Jalalabad's PD3 area in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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2 Sri Lankan refugees arrested in Rameswaram
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Tamil Nadu [India] July 28 (ANI): Two Sri Lankan refugees were arrested in Rameswaram on Saturday.
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No one's voters, Pakistani Hindu refugees yearn to vote
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) [India], July 24 (ANI): Moru Ram was born in Pakistan and lived there until 2007 when he fled to India, fearing persecution of Hindu minorities.
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3 Sri Lankan refugees arrested in Rameswaram
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 14 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu police arrested three Sri Lankan refugees in Rameswaram , while they were making an attempt to return to Sri Lanka illegally.
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Centre inks pact with Mizoram, Tripura for Bru refugee repatriation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 07 (ANI): In a fresh turn of developments, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh finalised a new deal to repatriate the Bru community members from Tripura to their home state, Mizoram, in the next couple of months.
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Bru refugees to return to Mizoram after 21 years
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): After a span of over two decades, nearly 33,000 members of the Bru community are set to repatriate to Mizoram in the coming months.
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