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  Two refugee boats with over 350 migrants capsized off Yemen's coast and Mauritania: UNHCR

  World | July 25, 2024 20:12 IST

  The UNHCR stated that it is collaborating with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to aid survivors and offer protection.

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  Around 4 million Ukrainians displaced from their homes since Russian invasion: UNHCR

  World | November 03, 2022 9:10 IST

  Russia-Ukraine war: As the war continues to prolong in Ukraine, the UN refugee chief said the destruction caused by strikes at civilian infrastructure is quickly making the humanitarian response look like a drop in the ocean of needs.

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  736 Afghans recorded for new registration in India from August 1 to September 11: UNHCR

  India | September 15, 2021 13:32 IST

  The UN refugee agency said it's in constant dialogue with govt on matters pertaining to Afghan nationals, including issuance and extensions of visa, assistance, and solutions.

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  'Humanitarian emergency of internal displacement' in Afghanistan, says UNHCR

  World | September 05, 2021 7:08 IST

  United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that he will convene a high-level humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on September 13.

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  'Major' humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, says UN; announces fundraising conference

  World | September 04, 2021 12:34 IST

  The UN announced that a major fundraising conference will take place in Geneva on September 13.

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  UNHCR urges Afghanistan's neighbours to keep borders open for potential refugees

  World | August 24, 2021 6:56 IST

  Current refugee evacuation initiatives of countries only cover the needs of a very small share of Afghans, while the actual number of internally displaced people in Afghanistan amounts to 3.5 million people.

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  UN blasts India's deportation of Rohingya to Myanmar

  World | October 05, 2018 17:13 IST

  "UNHCR regrets that the agency did not receive a response to this request and was unable to secure access for a lawyer from a state legal service," agency spokesman Andrej Mahecic told reporters in Geneva.

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  India observes World Refugee Day

  India | June 20, 2015 16:38 IST

  New Delhi: Aiming to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today held series of programmes across the country to mark the World Refugee Day. “Today is

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  More than 1.70 lakh Lankan refugees, asylum-seekers, IDPs: UNHCR

  India | January 13, 2015 14:08 IST

  Chennai: Even five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylum-seekers in other countries or Internally Displaced Persons within the

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  UN agency starts relocation of South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia

  World | November 19, 2014 7:21 IST

  United Nations: The UN refugee agency UNHCR has begun relocating nearly 15,000 South Sudanese refugees who had been stranded for months at a station in western Ethiopia after the refugee camp where they were due

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  UNHCR launches global drive to end statelessness

  World | November 05, 2014 7:46 IST

  Geneva: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a 10-year global campaign aimed at ending the statelessness which affects millions of people around the world.According to the UN refugee agency,

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  Over 7,300 Syrians fled Kobane since September: UN

  World | October 16, 2014 8:31 IST

  United Nations: The arrival of nearly 1,500 refugees from Syria's Kobane Tuesday due to the Islamic State (IS) militants' attacks brought the total number of people to flee the northern Syrian town to Iraq to

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  Afghan refugees increasing in Pakistan

  World | August 28, 2014 12:11 IST

  Islamabad: The number of registered refugees in Pakistan is escalating as 50,000 children are born to refugee families every year, Dawn online reported on Thursday.The UN refugee agency said that the National Database and Registration

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  UNHCR concerned over attacks on foreigners in South Africa

  World | June 12, 2014 8:00 IST

  Cape Town: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has expressed concern over recent attacks targeting foreigners including refugees in South Africa."UNHCR is extremely concerned over the recent spate of violence in Mamelodi (north of

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  604,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UNHCR

  World | July 14, 2013 14:10 IST

  Beirut, July 14: The UNHCR says that the number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon getting aid from the government, the UN and its NGO partners has reached 604,000.It said the number of registered refugees was

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  Syrian refugees could double or triple in 2013: UNHCR

  World | April 10, 2013 9:01 IST

  Geneva, April 10: The number of Syrian refugees is expected to witness a major rise by the end of this year, following shortage of fund for aid, the UN's refugee agency has warned.The number of