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More than 380,000 Afghans return from Pakistan in 2016: UNHCR

ISLAMABAD: More than 380,000 registered Afghan refugees have returned from Pakistan this year, the highest number since 2007, the United Nations said on Friday,...

Myanmar pursuing ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya: UN official

TEKNAF: Myanmar is carrying out "ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official has reportedly said, as horrifying stories of gang rape, torture and...

At least 110 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya: UNHCR

ROME: At least 110 people are feared drowned off Libya after a migrant shipwreck and more may have died in another stricken vessel, the UN's...

Fewer than half of world’s refugee children in school: UN

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Fewer than half of the world's some six million refugee children are in school, making them five times less likely to get an education than the global average, the UN warned Thursday.

WATCH: Blanchett leads celebrities in video poem for refugees

A host of celebrities seek to highlight the plight of refugees in a video in which they read a poem listing items people have grabbed as they fled their homes.

Nearly a million South Sudan refugees face dire conditions: UN

NAIROBI, KENYA: Nearly a million refugees fleeing the brutal conflict in South Sudan, most of them women and children, are suffering dire conditions in camps across the region, the UN said on Monday.

Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan, UNHCR over refugees’ return

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to move long-time Afghan refugees to camps at home, the foreign office said on Thursday, after the numbers of those returning plunged this year.

Pakistan extends Afghan refugees stay until end of 2016

ISLAMABAD: The government has granted Afghan refugees an extra six months to remain in Pakistan as authorities stepped up efforts to work with the UN and Kabul to relocate camps to Afghanistan.

UN refugee chief urges not to label Afghan refugees ‘terrorists’

PESHAWAR: The United Nations refugee chief urged Pakistanis not to blame Afghan refugees for terrorism in their country, amid growing public calls for their deportation and worsening relations between the two neighbors.

World Refugee Day: Migrant tide swells to record 65 million

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the United Nations said on Monday.

700 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean this week: UNHCR

ROME: Up to 700 migrants are feared to have drowned in deadly shipwrecks off the coast of Libya this week, the UN's refugee agency said Sunday, citing survivor testimony.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees praises Pakistan effort for hosting refugee population

ISLAMABAD: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, called on Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, at the Foreign Office today.

On Iraq visit, Jolie says world failing to avert disaster

KHANKE: The international community is failing in its duty to protect civilians affected by the conflict in Iraq and Syria, US actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday in northern Iraq.

One in 500 people living with no nationality: report

One in 500 people globally has no nationality, experts said on Monday, a far higher estimate than that used by the United Nations which last month launched a major campaign to eradicate statelessness in a decade.

War may make hundreds of thousands of young Syrians stateless

THE HAGUE: Hundreds of thousands of exiled Syrian children may become stateless because of the fighting in their country, putting them at risk of exploitation and potentially hindering their return home, a senior U.N. official said on Wednesday.

Syrian refugees top 3 million, half of all Syrians displaced – UN

GENEVA Three million Syrian refugees will have registered in neighbouring countries as of Friday, an exodus that began in March 2011 and shows no sign of abating, the United Nations said.

Sri Lanka violates refugee law by deporting Pakistanis: UNHCR

GENEVA/COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is violating international law by deporting Pakistani asylum seekers by force and without allowing the United Nations to assess their asylum claims, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday.
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