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Angelina Jolie Leaves UN Refugee Agency After More Than 20 Years
Angelina Jolie announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role as the UNHCR's special envoy after more than 20 years of working with the United Nations' refugee agency.
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20,000 Refugees Sought Shelter In India This Year, At Least 414 Arrested
In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.
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A Star-Studded Refugee Pic: Kareena Kapoor And Abhishek Bachchan With Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan And Karisma Kapoor
Can you count all the stars in this Refugee throwback?
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What Kareena Kapoor Told Herself At 4 am Today, 20 Years After Her First Film Refugee
"My first shot was at 4am... I woke up this morning at 4, looked in the mirror, and said to myself that this was the best decision I could have ever taken."
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Abhishek Bachchan Clocks 20 Years In Bollywood; Says He "Has So Much More To Prove"
"None of this would have been possible without my family," wrote Abhishek Bachchan
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World Refugee Day 2020: "Every Action Counts", All Lives Matter
World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. Devastating conflicts and persecution uproot thousands of people from their homes and countries every year. According to the United Nations, every minute, 20 people are forced to leave behind e...
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Abhishek Bachchan Remembers His "Slightly Awkward, Foreign Returned" Self From 20 Years Ago
"I'm not one to look back and dwell on the past, but, once in a while it's nice to remember the good and (sometimes) bad times," wrote Abhishek
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Germany Asylum Requests Drop 66 Percent To 20,000 In March
The number of new asylum applications in Germany, Europe's top destination for refugees last year, dropped 66 percent in March to about 20,000, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said today.
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Rohingya Huddled in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them On
More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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Australia hikes annual refugee quota to 20,000
Australia today said that it was stepping up its refugee intake to 20,000 from 13,750 annually - the "biggest" increase in 30 years - under new changes to its humanitarian programme which would focus on accepting more Afghans and Sri Lankans as well as Burmese who are in India.
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Angelina Jolie Leaves UN Refugee Agency After More Than 20 Years
Angelina Jolie announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role as the UNHCR's special envoy after more than 20 years of working with the United Nations' refugee agency.
-
20,000 Refugees Sought Shelter In India This Year, At Least 414 Arrested
In 2021, at least 414 refugees mainly from Myanmar i.e. about 354 Rohingyas and 60 Chins and other ethnic Myanmarese nationals were arrested by the police in various states of India.
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A Star-Studded Refugee Pic: Kareena Kapoor And Abhishek Bachchan With Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan And Karisma Kapoor
Can you count all the stars in this Refugee throwback?
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What Kareena Kapoor Told Herself At 4 am Today, 20 Years After Her First Film Refugee
"My first shot was at 4am... I woke up this morning at 4, looked in the mirror, and said to myself that this was the best decision I could have ever taken."
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Abhishek Bachchan Clocks 20 Years In Bollywood; Says He "Has So Much More To Prove"
"None of this would have been possible without my family," wrote Abhishek Bachchan
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World Refugee Day 2020: "Every Action Counts", All Lives Matter
World Refugee Day, international observance observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world. Devastating conflicts and persecution uproot thousands of people from their homes and countries every year. According to the United Nations, every minute, 20 people are forced to leave behind e...
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Abhishek Bachchan Remembers His "Slightly Awkward, Foreign Returned" Self From 20 Years Ago
"I'm not one to look back and dwell on the past, but, once in a while it's nice to remember the good and (sometimes) bad times," wrote Abhishek
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Germany Asylum Requests Drop 66 Percent To 20,000 In March
The number of new asylum applications in Germany, Europe's top destination for refugees last year, dropped 66 percent in March to about 20,000, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said today.
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Rohingya Huddled in Bangladesh Camps Fear Plan to Move Them On
More than 20 years after the first wave of Rohingya Muslims fled Myanmar, fear is spreading through the sweltering camps of mud houses where they found shelter in southern Bangladesh that they will soon be on the move again.
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Australia hikes annual refugee quota to 20,000
Australia today said that it was stepping up its refugee intake to 20,000 from 13,750 annually - the "biggest" increase in 30 years - under new changes to its humanitarian programme which would focus on accepting more Afghans and Sri Lankans as well as Burmese who are in India.
