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India releases $2.5 million in aid for Palestine refugees

At the recent UNRWA Pledging Conference in New York, the Representative Office of India to the State of Palestine announced that India would provide medicines to UNRWA in response to the agency’s

July 16, 2024

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UN chief calls for global efforts to protect refugees

A total of more than 120 million people around the world are forcibly displaced, including 43.5 million refugees…reports Asian Lite News UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global efforts to protect

June 21, 2024

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‘Britain’s refugee visa rules leave children stranded in war zones’

The UK government has closed its visa application center in Khartoum but has not waived the requirement for applicants to register their fingerprints and biometric data in person…reports Asian Lite News Children

June 16, 2024

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UN refugee agency says needs $400m by end of Dec

Among them, nearly 36.5 million have fled across borders and are living as refugees, according to UNHCR — a number that has doubled in the past seven years and looks set to

December 14, 2023

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Israeli Military Raid on Jenin Refugee Camp Leaves 14 Dead

According to the UN Relief Works Agency, the Jenin refugee camp, which borders the Jenin municipality and is the northernmost camp in the West Bank, houses about 23,628 Palestine refugees registered…reports Asian

November 9, 2023

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Australian Universities Collaborate to Build Opportunities for Refugee Education

The consortium will represent the 12 participating universities and work with the federal government, businesses and not-for-profit organisations to identify best practice models of refugee education…reports Asian Lite News Twelve Australian universities

November 7, 2023

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‘Define A Refugee’

Home Secretary Suella Braverman set to tell the UN that politicians need to question if the 1951 Refugee Convention was “fit for the modern age”…reports Asian Lite News Politicians need to question

September 26, 2023

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Zambian cabinet approves introduction of refugee policy

Mike Mposha, the acting chief government spokesperson, said the cabinet’s decision comes on the premise that the country has been hosting persons of concerns from neighboring countries since the 1940s…reports Asian Lite

August 20, 2023

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UK charities call for safe routes for asylum seekers

Enver Solomon, chief executive of the Refugee Council, said the latest “preventable deaths” underlined the need for the Home Office to act…reports Asian Lite News The government’s controversial asylum policy faced renewed

August 14, 2023

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Afghan refugees stage protest in front of UNHRC office in Pakistan

Expressing concern over his uncertain future, Faizullah Turk, another Afghan refugee in Pakistan, said that they have been waiting for their cases to proceed for the past two to three years…reports Asian

July 26, 2023

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