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MoS Home Hansraj Ahir accuses Nigerians in Delhi of 'drug-dealing'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 26 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir has said there are certain sects of immigrants that are involved in illegal activities, although citizens from all countries are welcome to stay in the country, adding that Nigerians in Delhi wer
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U.K., Canada, Switzerland pledge to donate $33.5m for Rohingya refugees
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 24 (ANI): The United Kingdom and Switzerland have pledged additional USD 24 million as assistance for the Rohingya refugees, who are fleeing to Bangladesh to escape the persecution of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Rohingya crisis: Myanmar, Bangladesh agree on border cooperation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 24 (ANI): Myanmar and Bangladesh have signed two agreements on border cooperation to resolve the Rohingya refugee crisis.
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Khaleda to visit Rohingya refugee camps next week
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct 24 (ANI): Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit Rohingyas' refugee camps in Cox Bazar next week.
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US exploring sanctions on Myanmar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Oct 24 (ANI): The United States is considering sanctions against Myanmar for its treatment of the Rohingya Muslims in restive Rakhine state.
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Swaraj meets B'desh PM discusses Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Ocotber 22 (ANI): India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday met Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to discuss the humanitarian crisis caused due to influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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Rakhine State's development lone solution to Rohingya crisis: Swaraj
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 22 (ANI): India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday said that rapid socio-economic and infrastructure development of Myanmar's Rakhine State is the only long term solution to the Rohingya crisis.
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Eight lakh Rohingyas stranded in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct.21 (ANI): About 800,000 Rohingyas are now living in refugee settlements in Bangladesh, and 589,000 of them are in the country's Cox's Bazar since they began to flee from Myanmar on August 25.
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UNICEF says Rohingya kids in Bangladesh in dire state
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Oct. 20 (ANI): Nearly 340,000 Rohingya children are reportedly living in squalid conditions in refugee camps in Bangladesh, where they don't get enough food, clean water or healthcare.
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U.S. expresses concern over Rohingya crisis
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], October 18 (ANI): United States' Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday said that the U.S. was concerned about the mass exodus of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar's Rakhine region, and held the country's military leadership accountable for the humanitarian cris
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees waiting in no man's land to enter Banglades
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 17 (ANI): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said that at least 10,000 to 15000 Rohingya refugees are stranded near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border.
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'International community must help resolve Rohingya refugee crisis'
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Moazzam Ali on Monday said that it’s necessary to resolve the Rohingya issue at the earliest as Bangladesh has given shelter to the refugees on the humanitarian grounds.
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