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un refugee agency news

Migrants' boat capsizes near Italy, at least 26 dead, says UN refugee agency

Survivors said there were 92 to 97 migrants on the boat when it departed Libya.
Updated on Aug 14, 2025 02:17 am IST

UN refugee agency reduces support for Ukrainians fleeing frontline

UN refugee agency reduces support for Ukrainians fleeing frontline
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 06:56 pm IST

Italy says six dead, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck

Italy says six dead, 40 missing after migrant shipwreck
Updated on Mar 19, 2025 06:18 pm IST

800 Afghans detained in Islamabad amid visa uncertainty, political tensions

According to Afghanistan's embassy in Pakistan, officials have detained some 800 Afghans residing in the city.
Published on Jan 07, 2025 04:38 pm IST

Boats carrying Rohingya land in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh

Boats carrying Rohingya land in Indonesia's North Sumatra and Aceh
Updated on Oct 24, 2024 04:54 pm IST

UNHCR calls for Indonesia to let in Rohingya stranded at sea off Aceh

UNHCR calls for Indonesia to let in Rohingya stranded at sea off Aceh
Published on Oct 23, 2024 02:42 pm IST

Migrants in UN buffer zone limbo on divided Cyprus

Migrants in UN buffer zone limbo on divided Cyprus
Published on Jul 29, 2024 04:23 pm IST

Syrian refugee camp burnt to ground in northern Lebanon

Lebanon is host to more than 1 million refugees, nearly a quarter of the country’s population of 5 million.
Published on Dec 27, 2020 05:26 pm IST

Afghan refugee pursues his dream of boxing in Tokyo

Boxer Farid Walizadeh is seen during a training session in Lisbon, Portugal February 19, 2020.
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 04:41 pm IST

Italy bans refugees rescued by charity vessel as world marks Refugee Day

Italy’s far-right interior minister marked World Refugee Day by insisting migrants rescued by a charity vessel are banned from entering Italian territorial waters.
Updated on Jun 20, 2019 02:58 pm IST

Nearly 71 million now displaced by war, violence at home: UN

A record 71 million people have been displaced worldwide by war, persecution and other violence, the UN refugee agency said.
Updated on Jun 19, 2019 02:16 pm IST

#SaveRahaf: Twitter campaign makes fight of Saudi teen seeking asylum a global cause

ROn Sunday morning, a new Twitter account was created by an 18-year-old Saudi woman denied entry into Thailand as she fled from what she said was an abusive family.
Updated on Jan 08, 2019 09:21 pm IST

Over 7,000 people from India filed applications for asylum in US in 2017: UN report

A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the US-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas.
Updated on Jun 20, 2018 10:24 am IST