Virat Kohli celebrates after Ravichandran Ashwin bowled out England's Alastair Cook during the first day of the test match at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Wednesday.

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Tathagata Roy also said that those howling about the exclusion of people from the Assam NRC should read the definition of the word ‘refugee’ given by UNHCR. read more

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees said in a statement that t was “shocked” by the deaths and called for urgent action to reduce the continuing loss of life. read more

Refugees seen at Chandeni camp 2. The Supreme Court on May 11 designated local sub-divisional magistrates as nodal officers to address concerns about healthcare, food, sanitation and education of Rohingya refugees living in Haryana and Delhi camps. In the run up to the World Refugee Day, Hindustan Times found all camps in Mewat lacked drinking water and proper sanitation.

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The current figure is equivalent to the entire population of Thailand, and the number of people forcibly displaced equates to one in every 110 persons worldwide read more

As the Myanmar army’s bombs started falling near her home in Kachin state, Nlam Numrang Doi (C) and her neighbors decided they had no choice but to grab what they could and scatter into the jungle. “We were in so much trouble, I couldn’t even swallow my food,” the 92-year-old recalled. “If we stayed in the village, we didn’t know what could happen to us.”

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Syrian refugees who crossed the Evros river, the natural border between Greece and Turkey, board a police truck transferring them to a reception centre, near the village of Nea Vyssa, Greece. As dawn breaks over the waterlogged plain along the border, an outline of refugees emerges through the morning haze, picking their way through a road well travelled by thousands before them.

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Going into the polls, Iraq is only just starting to recover from the years of IS dominance over swathes of the country and the punishing fight to end it. read more

Sunday morning’s fire wiped out the refugees’ savings within a matter of minutes. Another challenge for the Rohingyas would be to re-obtain their United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards issued to them at the point of settling in ... read more

Libya descended into chaos following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, with dozens of armed factions filling the power vacuum — each rounding up suspected opponents. read more

On March 13, eighty Rohingya refugees belonging to 27 families alighted at Hardaha village on the outskirts of Kolkata and proceeded to Makhal Tala, where tents were set up for them. They all came from Nuh in Haryana having lived in refugee camps for several months. However, upon their arrival rumour spread fast that batches of Rohingya had crossed the Indo-Bangladesh border in Parganas district and come to settle here.

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The Dongia Kondhs are among the remote tribal communities in Odisha. They featured in the state’s categorization of “Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVGT).” This year in May, 14 girls from the community cleared the class 10 exams –a first for the community.

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The people detained had no valid documents except refugee cards granted by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It is not yet known whether they are Rohingyas. read more

A Rohingya refugee family eats as they sit inside their semi constructed shelter at Kutupalong refugee camp near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 600,000 Rohingya from northern Rakhine have fled to Bangladesh since August 25, 2017 when Myanmar security forces began a scorched-earth campaign against their villages. These new arrivals join more than 300,000 Rohingya who had escaped in recent years.

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On refugees, New Delhi has always trusted UNHCR’s vetting and accreditation process. Why is New Delhi undermining it now? read more