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UN Chief, Muhammad Yunus Share Iftar With 1,00,000 Rohingya In Bangladesh
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared an Iftar with about 1,00,000 refugees and told them that it was a symbol of his deep respect for their religion and their culture.
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Oscar-Winner Blasts Trump's "Mean, Inhumane" Treatment Of Migrant Children
Film legend Errol Morris said the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents by Donald Trump's US administration was "inhumane and cruel" as his new documentary about the policy premiered at the Venice Film Festival Thursday.
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"Conflict Very, Very Big Driver": UN Says 120 Million Displaced Worldwide
A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence, and persecution, the UN said Thursday, branding the ever-increasing number a "terrible indictment on the state of the world".
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"Like New Birth Certificates For Us": Man Who Got Citizenship Under CAA
These are "new birth certificates". This is how Dayal Singh, a refugee from Pakistan, described the citizenship certificates issued to him, his son and his daughter.
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"Ram Rajya": Jodhpur Hindu Refugees Celebrate As Centre Notifies CAA Rules
In the settlements of Hindu migrants from Pakistan, the residents lit lamps and burst firecrackers on Monday night soon after CAA rules were notified.
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4 Nigerian Migrants Survive 14 Days On Ship's Rudder, Rescued In Brazil
On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink.
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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman Under Fire Over Migrant "Invasion" Comment
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire from the Opposition and refugee activists for classifying an increase in the number of refugees landing on the country's shores seeking asylum as an "invasion" by migrants on the border.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Durga In No Man's Land: Kolkata Pandal Highlights NRC, Migrant Crisis
A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, highlights the plight of those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.
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Myanmar Refugee Kids To Study In Mizoram Schools On "Humanitarian Ground"
The children of migrants and refugees from Myanmar will be enrolled in schools in Mizoram on humanitarian grounds, sources in the state government have said.
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Taliban Would Take Back Afghan Deportees To Face Courts, Says Spokesman: Report
The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Monday.
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BJP Ally AGP Promises Implementation Of Assam Accord In Manifesto, Ignores CAA
Asom Gana Parishad, a BJP ally, has promised in its poll manifesto the implementation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which states that the government would identify and deport refugees and migrants who had come into the state after March 25, 1971.
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International Migrants Day 2020: Key Facts On Global Migrant Crisis
International Migrants Day: The 2020 theme for International Migrants Day is 'Reimagining Human Mobility'. To mark International Migrants Day this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for the world community to come together and "remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives".
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UN Chief, Muhammad Yunus Share Iftar With 1,00,000 Rohingya In Bangladesh
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres shared an Iftar with about 1,00,000 refugees and told them that it was a symbol of his deep respect for their religion and their culture.
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Oscar-Winner Blasts Trump's "Mean, Inhumane" Treatment Of Migrant Children
Film legend Errol Morris said the separation of thousands of migrant children from their parents by Donald Trump's US administration was "inhumane and cruel" as his new documentary about the policy premiered at the Venice Film Festival Thursday.
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"Conflict Very, Very Big Driver": UN Says 120 Million Displaced Worldwide
A staggering total of 120 million people are living forcibly displaced by war, violence, and persecution, the UN said Thursday, branding the ever-increasing number a "terrible indictment on the state of the world".
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"Like New Birth Certificates For Us": Man Who Got Citizenship Under CAA
These are "new birth certificates". This is how Dayal Singh, a refugee from Pakistan, described the citizenship certificates issued to him, his son and his daughter.
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"Ram Rajya": Jodhpur Hindu Refugees Celebrate As Centre Notifies CAA Rules
In the settlements of Hindu migrants from Pakistan, the residents lit lamps and burst firecrackers on Monday night soon after CAA rules were notified.
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4 Nigerian Migrants Survive 14 Days On Ship's Rudder, Rescued In Brazil
On their tenth day at sea, the four Nigerian stowaways crossing the Atlantic in a tiny space above the rudder of a cargo ship ran out of food and drink.
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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman Under Fire Over Migrant "Invasion" Comment
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire from the Opposition and refugee activists for classifying an increase in the number of refugees landing on the country's shores seeking asylum as an "invasion" by migrants on the border.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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Durga In No Man's Land: Kolkata Pandal Highlights NRC, Migrant Crisis
A Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, West Bengal, highlights the plight of those excluded from the National Register of Citizens.
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Myanmar Refugee Kids To Study In Mizoram Schools On "Humanitarian Ground"
The children of migrants and refugees from Myanmar will be enrolled in schools in Mizoram on humanitarian grounds, sources in the state government have said.
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Taliban Would Take Back Afghan Deportees To Face Courts, Says Spokesman: Report
The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Monday.
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BJP Ally AGP Promises Implementation Of Assam Accord In Manifesto, Ignores CAA
Asom Gana Parishad, a BJP ally, has promised in its poll manifesto the implementation of the 1985 Assam Accord, which states that the government would identify and deport refugees and migrants who had come into the state after March 25, 1971.
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International Migrants Day 2020: Key Facts On Global Migrant Crisis
International Migrants Day: The 2020 theme for International Migrants Day is 'Reimagining Human Mobility'. To mark International Migrants Day this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for the world community to come together and "remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives".
