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92 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Monday said that 92 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya.
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Senior UN Human Rights official to visit Mali from Nov 1-6
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ilze Brands Kehris will pay a six-day working visit to Mali starting November 1 to address the human rights situation in the Western African nation and the whole Sahel region, dogged by insecurity, the O
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116 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Sunday said that 116 illegal migrants, including women and children, have been rescued and returned to Libya.
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198 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that 198 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya.
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UNHCR urges Libya to address 'dire' situation of asylum-seekers
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 23 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday called on the Libyan authorities to immediately address the "dire situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in a humane and rights-based manner."
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Uzbek logistics center receives nearly 100 tonnes of UN humanitarian aid f
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tashkent [Uzbekistan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Termez Cargo Center in Uzbekistan received from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) a total of 96 tonnes of humanitarian aid destined for Afghanistan, the director of the cargo center Nodirbek Jalilov told Sputnik.
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Bodies of 16 illegal migrants recovered off Libyan coast
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said 16 bodies of illegal migrants were recovered off the Libyan coast.
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UNHCR ready to help Tajikistan swiftly over Afghan refugee influx: Adviser
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Dushanbe [Tajikistan], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is ready to help Tajikistan in the event of an influx of Afghan refugees, including by creating camps for their accommodation, Nodira Akbaralieva, public relations adviser
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UN agency says 80pc of newly displaced Afghans are women, children
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI): Almost 80 per cent of newly displaced people in Afghanistan are women and children, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.
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Will bring perspective of most impacted by Afghanistan crises to UNGA, say
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 20 (ANI): In the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) meet slated for this week, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi is set to present a report on a recent field visit in Afghanistan.
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Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): Underfunding has left a "yawning gap" in the UN Refugee Agency's ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Friday.
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Afghanistan's humanitarian situation 'pretty desperate', urgent aid needed
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Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has said that the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is pretty desperate and called for urgent aid to the country, a media report said.
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