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7 Myanmar migrants dead, 13 rescued after boat capsizes near MalaysiaMalaysian rescuers found seven bodies and 13 survivors from a boat carrying migrants from Myanmar. The vessel, with around 300 people, repo...09 Nov, 2025, 10.17 PM IST- Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugee agency envoy to engage directly with refugeesAfter 2 decades actor Angelina Jolie steps down from the UNHCR’s special envoy position to effectively help the refugees directly from outs...18 Dec, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
- United Nations says over four million have fled UkraineAid workers say the flow has eased in recent days as many people await developments in the war. An estimated 6.5 million people have also b...30 Mar, 2022, 02.31 PM IST
- Muslim, Rohingya refugees convert to Christianity to take benefit of the Citizenship (Amendment) ActThe legislation, which was passed by Parliament last year and came into existence on January 10 this year, allows non-Muslim migrants from ...24 Jul, 2020, 12.31 PM IST
- UN human rights office calls for compassion following Rohingya deaths at seaThe UN human rights office urged compassion for people desperately seeking shelter after 30 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar died on a boat i...18 Apr, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
- UNHCR moves SC against CAA; India rejects interventionJeria in her plea to SC referred to India’s history of providing asylum to everyone who fled oppression and pointed out several areas of co...04 Mar, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
- Citizenship Law: Providing no relief to the majority of asylum seekersMajority of the refugees in India come from three countries that are not included in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act — China, Sri Lanka and...21 Dec, 2019, 10.34 PM IST
- Imran Khan allows registered Afghan refugees to open bank accounts in PakistanMajority of Afghan refugees fled to Pakistan in 1980s after the Soviet invasion of their country.25 Feb, 2019, 06.31 PM IST
- Delhi’s Rohingya may prefer drowning in the Yamuna to leaving IndiaSome 4 lakh Rohingya are believed to have fled to Bangladesh following attacks by an armed group called the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army ...24 Sep, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
- Strongly hope US immigration ban is temporary: UN ChiefTrump's on Friday signed an executive order that, among things, suspends the US refugee programme for 120 days and bars entry of refugees f...31 Jan, 2017, 01.54 PM IST
- Conflicts in Iraq, Syria leave one-year-old without nationalityWhile Indian rules do not grant her automatic citizenship, the two war-torn nations are in no position to grant one.20 Sep, 2015, 10.53 AM IST
- Fate of Rohingyas lodged in Bengal prisons hangs in balance over plea for refugee statusOver 80 Rohingyas lodged in various prisons across Bengal are staring at an uncertain future as their plea to get refugee status is yet to ...23 Aug, 2015, 11.15 AM IST
- Cops seek UNHCR help to monitor Rohingya refugees in HyderabadAs part of the plan, police station sector sub- inspector will maintain separate registers for the camps in their sectors for the purpose.31 Jul, 2015, 04.55 PM IST
- National consensus in place on eliminating terrorism: Nawaz SharifPakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said there is a national consensus on eliminating terrorism and the military offensive against m...22 Jun, 2015, 09.53 PM IST
- Young refugees in Tamil Nadu keen on trying luck in Sri LankaAs World Refugee Day falls, several young Lankan Tamils born and raised in camps in TN are eager to go back to the land of their ancestors ...19 Jun, 2015, 07.18 PM IST
- More than 1.70 lakh Sri Lankan refugees,asylum-seekers,IDPs: UNHCREven five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylu...13 Jan, 2015, 02.05 PM IST
- 100,000 flee to Libya neighbours in past week: UNHCRUNHCR staff also found 75 people from Bangladesh, Sudan, Thailand and Pakistan without passports in a patch of no-man's land between Libya ...27 Feb, 2011, 07.55 PM IST
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