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Jammu: Massive fire razes shanties of labourers, Rohingyas
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 3 (ANI): Nearly 150 shanties, including 41 of Rohingya refugees, were gutted in a massive fire in Jammu in the early hours of Monday.
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Over 270,000 Rohingya refugees receive first ID cards: UN
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 17 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday confirmed that more than 270,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been registered and provided with identity cards (ID) for the first time in an attempt to safeguard their right to voluntarily return home to Myanmar in
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Do not forget the Rohingya: UN urges global community for help
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 27 (ANI): The United Nations on Friday urged the international community not to forget the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and called for global support to ensure their safe and voluntary return to Myanmar.
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Rohingyas hold hunger strike at Saudi detention centre
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Apr 18 (ANI): Around 650 Rohingya refugees held in a Saudi detention centre on Wednesday went on hunger strike to protest against their indefinite detention in the Gulf country for the third time in recent months.
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Bangladesh security forces 'pushed' Rohingya refugees into Indian territor
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Rayermura (Tripura) [India], Jan 20 (ANI): The BSF on Sunday said that the 31 Rohingya refugees apprehended from the 'zero line' between India and Bangladesh's border near Tripura's Rayemura were "pushed" by the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB).
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International pressure needed on Myanmar for safe return of Rohingyas: Ban
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 13 (ANI): Bangladesh government has reiterated its call for sustaining the international pressure on Myanmar for safe and dignified repatriation of the Rohingya refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape atrocities.
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Rohingya repatriation to start on Nov 15, transit camps set up
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 12 (ANI): Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will return to Myanmar, a year after they fled the Rakhine state following a military crackdown.
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Biometric details of Rohingyas will be collected in 2 months: J-K Governor
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Nov 5 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said that the biometric details of Rohingya refugees will be collected within two months.
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Rohingya refugees' repatriation will begin in mid-November: Dhaka
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 31 (ANI): Myanmar will be taking back hundreds and thousands of displaced Rohingya refugees beginning mid-November.
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Won't return to Myanmar, say Rohingya Refugees
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 7 (ANI): Rohingya Refugees staying in Indian camps have expressed concern over being deported to Myanmar.
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Plea filed in SC on deportation of 7 Rohingya refugees
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 3 (ANI): A plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking a restraint on the Centre from deporting seven Rohingya refugees lodged in the Silchar Detention center in Assam to Myanmar.
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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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