Tag: #UNHCR
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UK committed to support voluntary, dignified return of Afghan refugees from Iran, Pakistan: Envoy
LONDON, Jul 06 (APP):The United Kingdom (UK) is committed to support the voluntary, safe and dignified return of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan to Afghanistan. “We welcome the work that UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is doing in those countries to support host governments and continue to provide substantial support through IOM…
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UNHCR urges Investment in Afghan Displacement Situation
UNHCR has urged investment in the Afghan displacement situation, saying it is to achieve a decade of hope instead of despair.
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UNHCR new project to help refugees, Pakistani communities
ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 (APP): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a new project to provide livelihood opportunities to both Afghan refugees and Pakistani communities. A spokesman of UNCHR talking to Radio Program said a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to this effect between the UN agency and Pakistan Poverty Alleviation…
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Imran, Erdogan discuss important regional, international issues in Geneva
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP): Prime Minister Imran Khan and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of Global Refugee Forum in Geneva on Tuesday exchanged views on important regional and international issues and expressed satisfaction over commonality of views between the two countries on major issues. The two leaders held discussions on a wide…
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UN Appoints Pakistani Diva as its Goodwill Ambassador for Pakistan
LAHORE (6th Nov, 2019): Veteran actress, Mahira Khan became United Nations (UN) goodwill ambassador for Pakistan. According to reports of Baaghi TV, United Nations has appointed Mahira Khan as its goodwill ambassador for Pakistan. Martin Scorsese Stands By Critique UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency took to Twitter and wrote, “We’re delighted to announce that @themahirakhan…
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S.Africa police clash with protesting asylum-seekers
Cape Town, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): South African police on Wednesday arrested around 100 foreign nationals occupying an office building in Cape Town as part of a sit-in protest against xenophobia, later releasing many of them. Hundreds of asylum-seekers have been camping at UN refugee agency (UNHCR) offices in South Africa’s capital Pretoria and the coastal…
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Niger floods force 23,000 from their homes
Niamey, Oct 20 (AFP/APP): Floods in southeast Niger have forced 23,000 people to flee their homes since early October, officials said Saturday, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in a region already wracked by Boko Haram Islamist violence. Heavy rains have caused the Komadougou Yobe river that flows through the semi-desert Diffa region into Lake Chad…
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Nearly 1,700 Syrian Kurds seek refuge in Iraq
Geneva, Oct 18 (AFP/APP): The United Nations said Friday that nearly 1,700 people, most of them women and children, had fled fighting in northeastern Syria and crossed into Iraq in recent days. “For the fourth consecutive day, UNHCR has been receiving hundreds of refugees crossing the border into Iraq from northeast Syria,” UN refugee agency…
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Foreigners camp outside UN offices in S.Africa
Dozens of Foreign Nationals demand to be removed from South Africa