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Nearly 40 million Afghans may fall into 'extreme poverty' by mid 2022: UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 18 (ANI): Raising concern over the ongoing humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN Migration Agency said that Afghanistan may fall into "extreme poverty" by mid-2022 if no action is taken immediately to address the simultaneous humanitarian, economic and political c
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UN migration agency condemns killing of illegal immigrants in Libyan deten
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Saturday condemned the killing of illegal immigrants in a detention center in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
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UN migration agency 'concerned' over developments in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 18 (ANI): The United Nations migration agency on Tuesday expressed "great concern" over the developments in Afghanistan and "grave consequences" for displaced people and civilians needing humanitarian assistance.
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Brussels: Police use tear gas to disperse anti-migration protestors
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec 17 (ANI): Police in Brussels on Sunday used tear gas and water cannon to disperse anti-migration protestors demonstrating against the United Nations' (UN) Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) agreed on by 164 countries in Marrakech on December
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Slovakia Foreign Minister resigns over UN migration pact
Updated : 7 years, 3 months ago IST
Bratislava [Slovakia], Nov 30(ANI): Foreign Minister of Slovakia Miroslav Lajcak resigned from his post here on Thursday in response to the rejection of the United Nations Global Pact on migration by his country's Parliament.
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UN migration agency picks Portugal's Vitorino as new chief
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 29 (ANI): The UN's migration agency has elected Portugal's Socialist Antonio Vitorino as its new Director General.
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