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Disappointed over Kashmir human rights report criticism: UNHCR
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 18 (ANI): The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCR) on Tuesday quashed the criticisms levelled by the Indian authorities and media for its human rights report on Kashmir released recently, and expressed "deep disappointment" over the reaction.<
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68.5 mn people forcibly displaced worldwide: UN
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 19 (ANI): According to the Global Trends report, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency said the number of forcibly displaced people was increased to 68.5 million by the end of 2017.
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UN special envoy Angelina Jolie visits Iraq's Mosul
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 17 (ANI): Prominent Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, who is the Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, visited Mosul in northern Iraq on Saturday less than a year after the city's liberation from three years of Islamic State (IS).
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Fresh pressure on Myanmar over Rohingyas
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], June 12 (ANI): As Myanmar remains 'very slow' in creating conditions for the safe return of Rohingyas from Bangladesh, international pressure are mounting afresh on the country.
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US provides USD 44 m as assistance for Rohingyas
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 16 (ANI): The United States (US), through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has agreed to provide an additional sum of USD 44 million as humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh to meet the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees.
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UN calls on Israel to stop forced deportation policy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 9 (ANI): The United Nations on Tuesday called on Israel to halt its policy of deporting over 33,000 Eritreans and Sudanese people.
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PeeCee receives Mother Teresa Memorial award for Social Justice
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 12 (ANI): Angelina Jolie, the Goodwill Ambassador for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was among the first to take up the cause of fighting for the rights of refugees and displaced people. Global star Priyanka Chopra now takes the baton ahead as U
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UNHCR will be involved in Rohingya repatriation: Bangladesh
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Nov 25 (ANI): Bangladesh Foreign Minister A H Mahmood Ali on Saturday said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) will be involved in the repatriation process of Rohingya refugees.
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Thousands of Rohingya refugees waiting in no man's land to enter B
Updated : 3 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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SC to hear plea challenging decision to deport Rohingyas today
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday will hear plea filed by the two Rohingya immigrants, Mohammad Salimullah and Mohammad Shaqir.
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'Rohingyas are threat to national security: Centre tells SC
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): The Centre, on Thursday, filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stating that 'Rohingyas are a threat to national security'.
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Myanmar should provide citizenship to Rohingya Muslims:UNHCR
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhakar [Bangladesh], July11 (ANI):After visiting two refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on the south-east coast, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in camps, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has observed that granting citizenship to
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