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India Ranks Third Highest Globally In Internal Displacement Numbers: Report
Nearly 2.4 million people in India were internally displaced due to conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, the third highest number globally, a new report by a monitoring centre said.
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Nearly 2.8 Million People Internally Displaced In India: Report
There have been 448,000 new displacements due to conflict and violence in India. Nearly 2,400,000 people were displaced due to disasters, the report said.
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UN Syria Envoy Seeks to Restart Peace Talks
The UN's envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, held meetings this week aimed at reviving peace talks, a statement said Tuesday, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year war.
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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French Police Slow Migrant Bids to Cross Channel
The British government was to hold an emergency meeting today to grapple with a migrant crisis on its doorstep, as police in northern France blocked at least 200 people from reaching the Channel tunnel.
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Australian Refugee Groups Demand Answers on Asylum-Seeker Boat
Australian refugee groups today demanded the government provide answers about a boatload of asylum-seekers thought to be from Vietnam seen off the country's west coast.
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Norway to Take in 8,000 Syria Refugees by Late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of the Scandinavian country's political parties.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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India Ranks Third Highest Globally In Internal Displacement Numbers: Report
Nearly 2.4 million people in India were internally displaced due to conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, the third highest number globally, a new report by a monitoring centre said.
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Nearly 2.8 Million People Internally Displaced In India: Report
There have been 448,000 new displacements due to conflict and violence in India. Nearly 2,400,000 people were displaced due to disasters, the report said.
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UN Syria Envoy Seeks to Restart Peace Talks
The UN's envoy on Syria, Staffan de Mistura, held meetings this week aimed at reviving peace talks, a statement said Tuesday, amid mounting pressure to end the four-year war.
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Toddler's Drowning Sparks Surge of Donations Across Europe
Charities helping refugees saw a surge in donations Friday across Europe as people shocked by the heart-rending images of a drowned Syrian boy on a Turkish beach dug deep to help out.
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French Police Slow Migrant Bids to Cross Channel
The British government was to hold an emergency meeting today to grapple with a migrant crisis on its doorstep, as police in northern France blocked at least 200 people from reaching the Channel tunnel.
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Australian Refugee Groups Demand Answers on Asylum-Seeker Boat
Australian refugee groups today demanded the government provide answers about a boatload of asylum-seekers thought to be from Vietnam seen off the country's west coast.
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Norway to Take in 8,000 Syria Refugees by Late 2017
Norway has agreed to take in 8,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017, under an agreement reached Wednesday by most of the Scandinavian country's political parties.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
