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UNHCR calls for orderly release of detained asylum seekers in Libya
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], May 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday called for the orderly release of asylum seekers detained in Libya.
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UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concern
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical "evacuation" from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Comm
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Pakistan launches nationwide drive to verify 1.4 million Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], April 17 (ANI): Pakistan has launched a nationwide drive to verify the data of about 1.4 million registered Afghan refugees residing in the country, Anadolu Agency reported citing an official as saying.
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Pakistan postpones cards renewal to Afghan refugees
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 3 (ANI): The renewal and verification of documents of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan have been suspended temporarily in view of the third wave of coronavirus in the country.
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More than 90 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said that more than 90 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
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UN refugee agency appeals for urgent support to ease Ethiopia's crisis
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, together with 30 humanitarian partners, on Tuesday appealed for 156 million US dollars to meet "the critical humanitarian needs" of Ethiopian refugees fleeing the Tigray conflict through the
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Nearly 300 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UNHCR
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said that nearly 300 illegal migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast.
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UNHCR chief tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.
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Allow 'meaningful access' to Xinjiang for independent observers: EU calls
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): European Union has called on China to allow meaningful access to Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region for independent observers, including for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
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Eight countries including India urge Office of UN High Commissioner on Hum
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 6 (ANI): Around eight countries including India, while responding to a release issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, have urged the world body to play a "responsible role".
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UN urges Bangladesh to take in 500 Rohingyas stranded at sea
Updated : 5 years, 10 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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India asks UN rights body to develop better understanding before jumping t
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Feb 28 (ANI): India on Thursday encouraged the United Nations' human rights body to develop a "better understanding and appreciation" of the freedoms and rights that are guaranteed and protected daily in a vibrant democracy like India before coming to any conclusions
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