Over 1,200 Lankan Tamil return home in 2012 under UNHCR aid

Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 13:25

More than 1,200 Sri Lankan nationals living in India as refugees have returned to their country in 2012 with monetary support from the UNHCR.

UNHCR announces package for Afghan refugees in Pak

Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2012, 14:32

The United Nations Refugee Agency has announced a special relief package for Afghan refugees in Pakistan for their voluntary return to their homeland during November and December 2012.

Tamil refugees return to Sri Lanka from India

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 21:00

Over 5,000 refugees have already returned to the country under the UNHCR programme.

Drone attacks condemned in UN Human Rights Council

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 13:50

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay expressed serious concern over armed drones.

‘Refugees subjected to discrimination in India’

Last Updated: Sunday, June 17, 2012, 12:47

The United Nations High Commission for Refugees also feels that India needs a comprehensive legislation to govern refugees.

Angelina Jolie appointed as UNHCR Special Envoy

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 19:35

Angelina, who was the UNHCR`s Goodwill Ambassador, has been promoted as the Special Envoy of High Commissioner Antonio Guterres.

Lanka accuses US of adopting double standards

Last Updated: Thursday, March 29, 2012, 17:59

The UNHRC approved in Geneva a US-backed resolution censuring Sri Lanka over its rights record.

India voted to help Tamils get justice: PM

Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 21:18

Manmohan Singh said India`s vote against Sri Lanka at the UNHCR was in line with its stand.

‘India should take stand on Lanka in UNHCR’

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 14:56

CPI(M) on Tuesday asked the government to take a stand in the UN Human Rights Council that the Sri Lankan government should order a credible investigation into allegations of extra-judicial killings during civil war.

Three UN staff killed in Afghan attack

Last Updated: Monday, October 31, 2011, 09:16

Three employees were killed along with 3 others when a Taliban truck full of explosives was detonated near a compound housing UN offices in Kandahar.

UNHCR calls for help for 12 mn stateless people

Last Updated: Thursday, August 25, 2011, 08:55

The UNHCR will hold a ministerial meeting in Dec for the 50th anniversary of the 1961 convention on the reduction of statelessness.

1,200 migrants feared dead during Libya sea exodus: UNHCR

Last Updated: Friday, May 13, 2011, 23:12

The UN refugee agency said on Friday it feared that up to 1,200 people fleeing Libya have died in the Mediterranean Sea so far, as it found evidence that a military vessel refused to rescue one boat.