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UK to stop foreign sex offenders receiving refugee protections
MIGRATION-BRITAIN/SEXCRIMES (URGENT):UK to stop foreign sex offenders receiving refugee protections
Published on Apr 29, 2025 03:01 AM IST
Reuters |
No HC relief for Iranian PhD scholar seeking longer stay at Panjab University
Woman failed to complete her doctorate even after over 12 years; in her plea, the student claimed that she faces a ‘threat in her native country’
Published on Apr 11, 2025 09:44 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
US bill seeks fast asylum process for Uyghurs facing persecution in China
The proposed Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act seeks to offer additional support to the 12 million Uyghurs living in the Xinjiang region of northwestern China
Updated on Mar 27, 2025 04:07 PM IST
ANI |
Death of American Dream after Trump axes refugee funds
USA-REFUGEES/FUNDING (FEATURE):FEATURE-Death of American Dream after Trump axes refugee funds
Published on Mar 17, 2025 06:34 PM IST
Reuters |
Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
USA-TRUMP/AFGHAN-IMMIGRATION (EXCLUSIVE, PIX):EXCLUSIVE-Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
Published on Feb 19, 2025 12:05 AM IST
Reuters |
European countries halt Syrian asylum applications after Assad's fall
SYRIA-SECURITY/MIGRATION-EUROPE (FACTBOX, GRAPHIC):FACTBOX-European countries halt Syrian asylum applications after Assad's fall
Published on Dec 10, 2024 07:51 PM IST
Reuters |
Canada ruling party MP voices concern over attacks on Bangladesh minorities
In a statement made in Parliament, Indo-Canadian MP Chandra Arya said that he is ‘deeply concerned by violence targeting religious minorities’ in Bangladesh
Updated on Sep 17, 2024 02:40 PM IST
Punjab couple with Khalistan links denied refugee status in Canada
A couple from Punjab who claimed that their lives were at risk if they were deported to India due to their alleged links to the Khalistan movement, have been denied refugee status by Canadian authorities
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 12:27 AM IST
Rohingya man arrested at Delhi airport with fake Indian passport
The FIR that the police filed in this case, mentions that Faisal had submitted an application to the UNHCR, New Delhi, for the consideration of his refugee status
Published on May 19, 2019 05:35 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anvit Srivastava
Released from Manipur jail, 5 Rohingyas detained again in Guwahati
The five were earlier arrested by Manipur Police but were granted bail after the police failed to file charges.
Updated on May 15, 2019 11:32 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | HT Correspondent
How a refugee footballer’s honeymoon turned into an extradition nightmare
Araibi fled Bahrain in 2014 after being accused of vandalism during the 2011 Arab Spring protests and sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison. He denies the charges and has lived as a refugee in Australia ever since.
Updated on Feb 13, 2019 01:59 PM IST
Bangkok | Reuters
After alleged abuse, Saudi teen refugee in Canada wants to fight for women
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun captured the world’s attention with a trail of tweets from her hotel room at Bangkok’s airport, where she holed up after Thai authorities initially barred her from travelling on to Australia.
Updated on Jan 16, 2019 08:57 AM IST
Toronto | Agence France-Presse
Saudi teen who fled family welcomed as ‘brave Canadian’ in Toronto
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun grabbed international attention this week after she barricaded herself in a Bangkok airport hotel room to resist being sent home to her family, which denies any abuse. Qunun refused to meet her father and brother, who arrived in Bangkok to try to take her back to Saudi Arabia.
Updated on Jan 13, 2019 08:42 AM IST
Toronto | Reuters
Europe’s patience on migration running out: Slovak PM after Berlin attack
A truck crashed into people gathered there on Monday evening in what investigators suspect was a terrorist incident.
Updated on Nov 04, 2019 04:42 PM IST
Reuters, Prague | HT Correspondent