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  Over 7000 Indians had filed applications for asylum in US in 2017: UN report

  World | June 20, 2018 10:36 IST

  Wars, other violence and harassment drove worldwide forced displacement to a new height in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the fight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.

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  Over three million flee Syria since 2011: UN

  World | August 30, 2014 10:36 IST

  Geneva: The number of Syrians forced to flee their country as a result of the civil war that began in 2011 topped three million on Friday, UN refugee agency said.Journey out of Syria is becoming

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  Angelina Jolie meets Colombian refugees in Ecuador

  Hollywood | April 24, 2012 19:46 IST

  Ecuador, Apr 24: Hollywood actor  Angelina Jolie visited Ecuador over the weekend in her first such trip as special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency.Jolie has visited various countries over the past decade as a