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UN welcomes Sri Lanka's efforts to bring back refugees from IndiaSri Lanka simplified immigration procedures for refugees returning from India. The United Nations welcomed this significant decision for th...
Four things to know about South Africa's anti-migrant protestsSouth Africa is gripped by anti-immigrant unrest as citizen groups demand undocumented foreigners leave, leading to at least four deaths an...
Trump’s $3,000 self-deportation bonus explained: Who qualifies, how to apply, deadlineTrump’s $3,000 self-deportation bonus explained: The Trump administration now offers undocumented migrants $3,000 and paid travel to self-d...
Over 860,000 Afghans left Pakistan since September 2023Pakistan's repatriation of Afghan refugees continues, with over 860,000 Afghans leaving since September 2023. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border cro...
Sweden wants to pay immigrants up to 350,000 Swedish kronor to leave the countrySweden will soon pay immigrants up to 350,000 kronor to leave the country voluntarily starting in 2026. This new policy, announced by the r...
Pakistan to soon launch second phase of repatriation of documented AfghansPakistan prepares for the second phase of Afghan refugee repatriation, targeting nearly one million documented Afghans holding Afghan Citiz...
Pakistan suicide bombing carried out by Afghan national, army saysA suicide bomber rammed his motorcycle into the convoy on Sunday in a lawless tribal region near Bannu district, close to the Afghan border...
Pakistan deports over 6,500 more Afghans; total repatriated to Afghanistan touches 1,70,000: OfficialA total of 1,74,358 Afghan nationals left for Afghanistan since September 17, adding that voluntary repatriation was still underway, but th...
UN warns Pakistan that forcibly deporting Afghans could lead to severe human rights violationsThe United Nations has warned that forcefully deporting Afghans from Pakistan could result in severe human rights violations, including fam...
Bangladesh to move more Rohingya Muslims to remote island in Bay of Bengal, despite outcryDhaka has relocated around 7,000 to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps in neighbouring Buddhist-majority Myanmar, wh...
UNHCR seeks clarification from India over repatriation of Rohingya to MyanmarThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that it "regrets India's decision to repatriate a famil...
UN chief Antonio Guterres meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Rohingya crisisMore than 600,000 Rohingya have fled to neighbouring Bangladesh in two and a half months.
UNSC asks Myanmar to end military campaign in Rakhine stateThe 15-membered powerful wing of the UN also demanded safe, unhindered access for its agencies and their partners to provide humanitarian a...
Filippo Grandi assumes office as new UNHCR chiefFilippo Grandi, a 58-year-old Italian UN official, today took over as the new High Commissioner for the UN Refugee Agency amid unprecedente...
2015 likely to record highest global forced displacement: UN2015 is likely to exceed all previous records of global displacement with at least five million people forced to flee their homes in the fi...
Pakistan, Afghanistan have commenced historic phase in ties: SharifSharif said that building stable and cooperative relations with all countries of the region was part of his vision of a peaceful neighbourh...
Sri Lankan Tamils keen to shed refugee tag, return to homelandTamil Nadu government differs, says political atmosphere in Sri Lanka not ripe for the return of Tamil refugees.
Tamil Nadu CM asks Centre to defer meeting on repatriation of refugeesO Panneerselvam today termed Centre's decision to hold an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss repatriation of Lankan Tamil refugees as "pr...
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...
Bilateral, regional dialogue crucial for refugees return: IndiaIndia has said bilateral and regional dialogue among nations is important to ensure that refugees return safely to their place of origin.