Tag: #Refugees
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Lahore’s Old Airport Made Functional for Foreigners
Lahore: Emergency arrangements have been made by booking rooms in five-star hotels for the influx of foreigners evacuating from Afghanistan, due to which, Lahore’s old airport has also been made functional again. According to the details, arrangements have finished in Lahore. Due to an influx of foreigners in the federal capital Islamabad, the old Lahore…
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Afghan Refugee Crisis and Options for Pakistan
This opinion is written by Shanawar Aziz. The Taliban have reclaimed their throne after two decades of fighting. As a result, various complexities have risen among which the principal is the burgeoning refugee crisis. Disturbing videos have begun to surface where Afghans are seen dropping from the sky in failed attempts to leave Afghanistan with…
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Alphonso Davies appointed as UN special ambassador to help refugees
Berlin, March 24 (AFP/APP): Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies on Wednesday became the first footballer to be appointed a UN special ambassador to help refugees. The 20-year-old, who was born in a refugee camp in Ghana before emigrating to Canada, has been appointed as a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency. “My own experiences…
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Quarter of Syrian Refugees in Jordan Food Insecure: WFP
A quarter of Syrian refugees in Jordan are food insecure, says the WFP.
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UN appeals for rescue of Rohingya refugees adrift in Andaman Sea
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 22 (APP):The UN refugee agency on Monday called for immediate efforts to search and rescue a group of Rohingya refugees, who have been adrift on the Andaman Sea for over a week. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it had received reports of an unconfirmed number of Rohingya refugees aboard…
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Pandemic used as ‘pretext’ to crush dissent: UN chief
UN chief Antonio Guterres criticised countries that are using the pandemic to justify cracking down on dissent
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Matteo Salvini Came infront of a Judge for Blocking Migrants in 2019
Rome, Jan 9 (AFP/APP): Italian political leader Matteo Salvini appeared Saturday before a Palermo judge in connection with a 2019 incident during which he blocked migrants at sea while he was the interior minister. Salvini, head of the far-right political party known as the League, is suspected of sequestration and abuse of power for having…
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New Camp for Ethiopian Refugees
Geneva, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): The United Nations said Tuesday it had begun moving some of the more than 56,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan to a newly-opened camp, with the existing facility nearly full. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said tents to shelter up to 5,000 people have so far been set up at the new…
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Grim Conditions Await Ethiopian Refugees in Sudan
Grim conditions await Ethiopian refugees in Sudan.
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Lebanese FM Stresses Dignified & Gradual Return of Syrian Refugees to Homeland
The Lebanese FM has stressed on the dignified, safe, and gradual return of Syrian refugees to their homeland.