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Over 1.15 lakh Syrians return home after Assad regime’s fall, says UN

Over 1,15,000 Syrians have returned to their homeland following the collapse of the Assad regime, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported on...

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Human Rights

Atleast 150 refugees feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck, says UN

The United Nations’ refugee agency said Thursday that scores of refugees and migrants, as many as 150 people, are feared dead in...

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News

22 Myanmar nationals deported since August 2017, says GoI

22 Myanmar nationals have been deported since August 2017, the Ministry of Home Affairs of India told the Rajya Sabha. “India does...

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International

Muslim representative Ilhan Omar becomes first to wear Hijab in US Congress after 181 year ban

Ilhan Omar swore in with her hand on the Quran Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, who 23 years ago was a Somali refugee, became...

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India

Assam NRC list: Claims-and-objections filing process started, to continue till November 23

Filing claims and objections to the National Register of Citizens’ (NRC) process started on Tuesday in Assam following uproar after the names...

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Refugees

BJP Youth Leader ‘admits’ burning Rohingya camp in New Delhi, police files complaint

All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat (AIMMM), an umbrella body of various Muslim organisations, on Thursday wrote to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik seeking...

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India

India plans to deport all Rohingya muslims, including those having UN registration

India: Senior Indian government officials on Monday said that all of an estimated 40,000 Rohingya Muslims living in India are illegal immigrants, even...