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Sri Lanka says over 7 lakh war refugees resettled

Sri Lankan government claimed that it had succeeded in resettling over seven lakh war- displaced p...

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J&K govt ignoring rights of west Pak refugees: BJP

J&K unit of the BJP alleged that state government was not providing citizenship rights to over 1.5...

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Pakistan repatriates over 3.7 mn Afghan refugees

Between March 2002 and December 2011, over 37,31,000 Afghan refugees were sent back to their country...

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India donates USD 1 mln to Palestinian refugees

India has donated USD one million to UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to provide daily supplemen...

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Pak seeks help to repatriate Afghan immigrants

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday urged the world community to help shift around ...

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Myanmar to take back refugees from Bangladesh

Myanmar has agreed to take back all its citizens lodged in two refugee camps in eastern Bangladesh.

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Sri Lanka refugees return home from India by ferry

A group of Sri Lankan refugees returned to their homeland from India by a ferry, the first such ba...

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Sri Lankan refugees return from India

According to the Indian government, 69,000 Sri Lankan refugees still live in 112 camps in Tamil Nadu...

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UNHCR calls for help for 12 mn stateless people

The UNHCR will hold a ministerial meeting in Dec for the 50th anniversary of the 1961 convention on ...

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Kenya burdened by famine refugees

Marauding gangs and criminals are attacking Somali famine refugees more frequently as they flee acro...

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Somali refugees pack capital after rebels quit

Thousands of Somali refugees, fleeing famine and years of violence, have streamed into Mogadishu sea...

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Dalai Lama`s envoy arrested in Nepal

The arrest of Thiley Lama, exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama`s envoy in Nepal, comes amidst growing c...

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TN govt announces monthly dole to Lankan refugees

Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa announced a monthly dole of Rs 1000 to Lankan Tamil refugees.

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Somali refugees: No food to break Ramadan fast

During Ramadan, Muslims don`t eat after sunrise and celebrate a day of fasting with a sundown feast.

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Sri Lankans insist on reaching New Zealand

The Lankan asylum seekers were refused entry to New Zealand after being intercepted in Indonesia.

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Number of Afghanistan refugees doubles in 2011

Facing internal conflict, the number of Afghans fleeing their homes in the war-torn country has mo...

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Refugees deserve dignified welcome: Pope

He made the comments during a visit to San Marino, a tiny republic of some 30,000 people surrounded ...

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For hundreds of refugees, India is their 2nd home

Despite the pain of leaving their homes and in many cases, part of their families, these stateless p...

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N Korea tells S Korea to hand over refugees

North Korea demanded the return of nine of its citizens who defected by boat and warned that cross-...

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Allow fact finding team: UN rights body to Syria

United Nation`s top rights body asked Syria to stop attacking pro-democracy protesters and allow a ...

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With one escape route, Syrians cross into Turkey

Turkish Prime Minister has said his country will continue to accept all Syrians who flee.

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Chidambaram to oversee Bru refugees repatriation on May 18

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram would visit Mizoram on May 18 to personally oversee the ongoing ...

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Australian PM mum on `Pacific Solution` for refugees

Under "Pacific Solution", asylum seekers were sent to poor island nations.

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Scramble to rescue refugees from Libya`s Misrata

A ferry has rescued almost 1,000 people from Libya`s Misrata.

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Bhutan keen to settle refugees` issue with Nepal bilaterally

Bhutan underlined the need for an early resumption of negotiations with Nepal to settle the two-dec...

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European Parliament asks Nepal to let Tibetan refugees vote

Parliament urged Nepal to respect refugees` right to freedom of expression.

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UN says 400,000 people fled Libya

The World Food Program has delivered food in the violence-hit eastern Libya.

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Failed Afghan refugees `should not be sent back`

Australia`s expert on Afghanistan call for a halt on Afghans` repatriation.

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UN says 250,000 have fled Libya

The UN has made a USD 160 million appeal to help those fleeing Libya.

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Fears for Libya refugees after numbers drop

A US official said it was important to be ready for any future influx.

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Third phase of repatriation of Bru refugees deferred

The third phase of repatriation of Bru refugees from six relief camps in North Tripura district th...

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Third phase of repatriation of Bru refugees deferred

The third phase of repatriation of Bru refugees from six relief camps in North Tripura district th...

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Third phase of repatriation of Bru refugees to begin from Mar 8th

A tribe from Mizoram, the Brus fled the state in the wake of inter-community violence more than 13 y...

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Gaddafi defies revolt with tanks as refugees flee

Libya`s Muammar Gaddafi used tanks,helicopters & warplanes to fight a growing revolt witnesses said....

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`50 million environmental refugees by 2020`

Environmental refugees were described by Norman Myers as a new phenomenon created by climate change.

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US seeks `free passage to India` for Tibetan refugees in Nepal

The United States has expressed concern over problems being faced by Tibetan refugees in Nepal, as ...

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US seeks `free passage to India` for Tibetan refugees in Nepal

US has expressed concern over problems faced by Tibetan refugees in Nepal.

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UN envoy shows support for Tibetan refugees in Nepal

US Under Secretary of State Maria Otero visited the Tibetan Refugee Transit Center in Kathmandu on S...

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Mizoram govt yet to get central fund for Bru repatriation

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 9.7 crore for resumption of repatriation of Bru refugees from Tripura r...

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BJP for reservation of seats for PoK refugees in JK Assembly

BJP alleged that the ruling NC-Congress has failed to explain why the refugees from Pakistan, an...

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North Koreans arrive by boat, not refugees: Seoul

The 11 men, 20 women arrived off frontline island of Yeonpyeong in thick fog.

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Pakistanis ruined by floods brace for more hardship

Monsoon floods in Pakistan last year left about 11 million people homeless.

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Nepal`s king traded Tibetan refugees for US support: WikiLeaks

Nepal`s regime `wanted a long-term relationship with the United States`.

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Sudanese refugees in US vote on independence

Independence referendum is part of peace deal that ended 1983-2005 civil war.

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Canada to facilitate immigration of Tibetan refugees in India

Canadian government intends to facilitate immigration of around 1,000 Tibetan refugees living in Aru...

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China paying Nepal to nab Tibetan refugees: WikiLeaks

The cofidential memo released by Wikileaks is titled "Update on Tibetan refugee flow".

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40,000 Bhutan refugees moved from Nepal under UN scheme

A total of 40,000 Bhutanese refugees have moved to the West from the camps in Nepal where they liv...

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20,000 Myanmar refugees start heading home

About 20,000 refugees from Myanmar headed home on Tuesday after fleeing to Thailand as fighting fo...

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Myanmar election offers no comfort for refugees

It`s no wonder that Saw Tun Wai has little desire to return to Myanmar, even after upcoming election...

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Number of Lankan refugees coming to TN has come down: DGP

The number of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees coming from there to Tamil Nadu has declined drastically, sa...

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