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Canada's New Visa Rule To Protect Indian Students From Fraud
Canada's New Student Visa Rule: Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) will be required to verify the acceptance letters of all applicants with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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Rohingya Refugees In Delhi To Get Flats, Security: Union Minister
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.
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UN Refugee Agency Lauds India For Opening Borders, Protecting The Displaced
People who are forced to flee from their homes or are displaced need to be treated with dignity, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Gillian Triggs said, lauding India's efforts in opening its borders to refugees.
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UN Appeals For $33 Million To Protect Refugees Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The United Nations made an urgent appeal on Tuesday for tens of millions of dollars to help protect vulnerable refugees against the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.
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'Refugees, Not Illegal Immigrants,' Rohingya Petitioner Tells Supreme Court
Rohingya Muslims are not illegal immigrants but refugees who have escaped violence in Myanmar and they needed protection under international agreements, a Rohingya petitioner told the Supreme Court on Friday
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Bengal Child Protection Body Moves Supreme Court Over Rohingya Deportation
The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) which has strongly opposed the Central government's stand on the deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, on Wednesday said it has moved the Supreme Court over the issue.
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Donald Trump Says He'll Issue A New Executive Order On Immigration By Next Week
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will issue a new executive order on immigration by next week, and Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court to hold off on taking action in the legal battle over his initial travel ban until that new order is in place.
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Donald Trump Mulling Fate Of Young Immigrants Protected By Barack Obama
Missing from US President Donald Trump's blitz of immigration orders was any mention of the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants protected from deportation by former President Barack Obama.
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UN Report Slams Nauru For Failure To Protect Refugee Children
A United Nations report has slammed the tiny-Pacific island nation of Nauru for it's failure to protect asylum seeker children from sexual abuse inside the country's Australian-run detention centre.
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US Sends Marines To South Sudan To Protect Americans
The US military in Africa said today it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city, while South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road reported attacks, killings and robberies by armed men.
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Angela Merkel Says Supports Some Kind Of No-Fly Zone In Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview released on Monday that she favoured establishing some sort of no-fly zone in Syria to protect an area where refugees could be safe from attack.
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'Lock Up Islamic Men In Asylum Centres' Says Dutch Lawmaker
Outspoken far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders on Monday called for all Islamic male refugees to be locked up in their asylum centres, saying women needed to be protected on the streets.
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Barack Obama Administration Assures Governors on Refugee Vetting
The Obama administration is assuring governors that refugees who come to the United States in its resettlement program undergo a "rigorous security vetting process," particularly if they are fleeing from Syria.
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UN Raises Alarm Over Sex Abuse of Migrant Women, Children in Europe
Women and children among the migrants and refugees moving through Europe face a high risk of violence and sexual abuse, the UN warned today, calling on European countries to do more to protect them.
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Stuck on Lesbos, Afghans Demand Equal Treatment as Refugees
In cloistered meetings miles away from the combat zone, European governments have determined that Syrians fleeing their country's civil war should be given precedence over other exiles seeking refugee protection.
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Canada's New Visa Rule To Protect Indian Students From Fraud
Canada's New Student Visa Rule: Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) will be required to verify the acceptance letters of all applicants with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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Rohingya Refugees In Delhi To Get Flats, Security: Union Minister
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Delhi will be allotted apartments and provided with police protection, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.
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UN Refugee Agency Lauds India For Opening Borders, Protecting The Displaced
People who are forced to flee from their homes or are displaced need to be treated with dignity, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner Gillian Triggs said, lauding India's efforts in opening its borders to refugees.
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UN Appeals For $33 Million To Protect Refugees Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
The United Nations made an urgent appeal on Tuesday for tens of millions of dollars to help protect vulnerable refugees against the spread of the deadly new coronavirus.
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'Refugees, Not Illegal Immigrants,' Rohingya Petitioner Tells Supreme Court
Rohingya Muslims are not illegal immigrants but refugees who have escaped violence in Myanmar and they needed protection under international agreements, a Rohingya petitioner told the Supreme Court on Friday
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Bengal Child Protection Body Moves Supreme Court Over Rohingya Deportation
The West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR) which has strongly opposed the Central government's stand on the deportation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, on Wednesday said it has moved the Supreme Court over the issue.
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Donald Trump Says He'll Issue A New Executive Order On Immigration By Next Week
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will issue a new executive order on immigration by next week, and Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court to hold off on taking action in the legal battle over his initial travel ban until that new order is in place.
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Donald Trump Mulling Fate Of Young Immigrants Protected By Barack Obama
Missing from US President Donald Trump's blitz of immigration orders was any mention of the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants protected from deportation by former President Barack Obama.
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UN Report Slams Nauru For Failure To Protect Refugee Children
A United Nations report has slammed the tiny-Pacific island nation of Nauru for it's failure to protect asylum seeker children from sexual abuse inside the country's Australian-run detention centre.
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US Sends Marines To South Sudan To Protect Americans
The US military in Africa said today it has sent 40 additional soldiers to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help secure American personnel and facilities in the war-torn city, while South Sudanese trying to flee the country by road reported attacks, killings and robberies by armed men.
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Angela Merkel Says Supports Some Kind Of No-Fly Zone In Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper interview released on Monday that she favoured establishing some sort of no-fly zone in Syria to protect an area where refugees could be safe from attack.
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'Lock Up Islamic Men In Asylum Centres' Says Dutch Lawmaker
Outspoken far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders on Monday called for all Islamic male refugees to be locked up in their asylum centres, saying women needed to be protected on the streets.
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Barack Obama Administration Assures Governors on Refugee Vetting
The Obama administration is assuring governors that refugees who come to the United States in its resettlement program undergo a "rigorous security vetting process," particularly if they are fleeing from Syria.
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UN Raises Alarm Over Sex Abuse of Migrant Women, Children in Europe
Women and children among the migrants and refugees moving through Europe face a high risk of violence and sexual abuse, the UN warned today, calling on European countries to do more to protect them.
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Stuck on Lesbos, Afghans Demand Equal Treatment as Refugees
In cloistered meetings miles away from the combat zone, European governments have determined that Syrians fleeing their country's civil war should be given precedence over other exiles seeking refugee protection.
