refugee
- Pakistan
Two million Afghans still living in Pakistan: UNHCR
Islamabad: More than two million Afghan refugees are still living in Pakistan despite over a million returning to their country in 2025. In November alone, 171,055 Afghans returned to Afghanistan, with 37,899…
- Hyderabad
Rohingya refugee murdered in Hyderabad; tenth killing in 17 days
Hyderabad: Unidentified persons murdered a Rohingya refugee at Balapur on Tuesday night. The man, Murshid, 22, stayed at Royal Colony under Balapur police station limits. He earned his livelihood by doing scrap…
- World
US restricts refugee admissions to 7500 prioritising white South Africans
Washington: The Trump administration is restricting the number of refugees it admits into the country to 7,500 and they will mostly be white South Africans, a dramatic drop after the US previously…
- News
‘India is not dharamshala,’ SC rejects Sri Lankan Tamil’s plea for refuge
The Supreme Court on Monday, May 19, rejected a Sri Lankan Tamil man’s plea for refuge in India, asserting that the country “is not a dharamshala (free shelter)” to accommodate refugees from…
- Afghanistan
Human rights body slams Pakistan for forced deportation of Afghan refugees
New York: US-based advocacy group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged that Pakistan should immediately end the forced return and deportation of Afghan refugees. Pakistan has set a March 31 deadline…
- World
South Africa rejects Trump’s refugee offer after aid cut over land law
Cape Town: Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying:…
- World
Nearly 1 million Afghan refugees return home in eight months
Kabul: A total of 970,000 Afghan refugees have returned to their motherland from Iran, Pakistan and Turkey in the past eight months. “Among them, about 88,000 are from Pakistan, around 5,000 from…
- Bollywood
‘I will never forgive you’: Abhishek Bachchan to Kareena Kapoor
Mumbai: In the year 2000, Bollywood witnessed the debut of two promising actors, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Abhishek Bachchan, in the romantic drama Refugee. Directed by J.P. Dutta, the film became the…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia provides 500 mobile homes to Syrian refugees in Jordan
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues its unwavering support for Syrian refugees in Jordan by providing additional mobile homes to enhance living conditions in the region. As per…
- Featured News
India yet to sign international refugee convention
While the Opposition is up in arms attacking the Modi government notifying the controversial CAA just days before general election is announced, there is another important issue on which India has yet…
- India
Refugee protest near CM Kejriwal’s bungalow over his CAA comments
New Delhi: Hindu and Sikh refugees living in various parts of Delhi staged a protest near Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s Civil Lines residence here on Thursday, demanding an apology from him over…
- Hyderabad
Burmese refugee’s murder by rowdy sheeter sparks tension in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Wadi-e-Saleheen, Pahadishareef during the funeral of Burmese refugee Mohd Imran, who was brutally stabbed to death on Sunday afternoon when he refused to pay money to a rowdy…
- India
Myanmar refugees won’t be sent until normalcy returns: Shah to Mizoram CM
Aizawl: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has informed Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma that the Centre won’t deport Myanmar nationals who sought refuge in the state since February 2021 until normalcy is restored…
- India
India sends 2nd tranche of USD 5 mil for Palestinian refugee welfare
Jerusalem: Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, India on Thursday released the second tranche of 2.5 million US dollars to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), fulfilling…
- World
Record 114 mn people displaced worldwide: UN
Geneva: The number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence and human rights violations globally is likely to have exceeded 114 million at the end of September, the United Nations (UN) Refugee…
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