• 22 November, 2024
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64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families left Kashmir valley in early 1990s due to militancy: MHA

New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) Pakistan-sponsored terrorism forced 64,827 Kashmiri Pandit families to leave the Kashmir valley in the early 1990s and settle in Jammu, Delhi, and some other parts…

Czechs hold off on sending troops to Poland-Belarus border

PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic will hold off on sending up to 150 soldiers for now to help Poland protect its border with Belarus after the migrant situation stabilised,…

As Iraqi and Syrian migrants leave Belarus, some are afraid to go home

By Charlotte Bruneau SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Exhausted after several failed attempts to enter Poland amid freezing temperatures, Saeed Jundi and his family of Iraqi Yazidis had just made it…

Hundreds more migrants leave Belarus on Iraq-bound flight

MOSCOW (Reuters) - More than 400 migrants who had travelled to Belarus seeking to cross the border into the EU flew home on Saturday on an Iraqi Airways plane bound…

Belarus says it will retaliate against sanctions, faces “unprecedented pressure”

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus said it would retaliate after the United States and its allies imposed sanctions against dozens of individuals and entities there, and it complained that its economy was…

France ready to talk about migrants if Britain serious, minister says

PARIS (Reuters) - France is prepared to talk to Britain about migration if it is ready for serious discussions, interior minister Gerald Darmanin said on Monday, as he urged the…

‘It’s all lies’; migrants stuck at Polish border feel cheated by people smugglers

By Yara Abi Nader and Joanna Plucinska ORLA/BIALYSTOK, Poland (Reuters) - Syrian friends Anas Kanaan, 34, and Mouein al-Hadi, 36, were told by people smugglers that they would easily be…

UK’s Johnson proposes 5 steps to Macron to prevent migrant deaths

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he had written to French President Emanuel Macron on Thursday to set out five steps the two countries can take to…

France’s Macron: Stronger European cooperation needed to deal with human trafficking

ZAGREB (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday that stronger European cooperation was needed after 27 migrants died a day earlier when their dinghy deflated as they made…

Estonian PM warns EU against dropping sanctions on Belarus airline

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union must not back down from imposing sanctions on Belarus state airline Belavia after several countries in the bloc expressed doubts over the measure, Estonia's…

Polish Border Guard reports more incidents at Belarus frontier

WARSAW (Reuters) - Migrants tried to force their way through the fence on the Poland-Belarus border in at least two locations on Tuesday night, the Polish Border Guard said, as…

Belarus border issue is attempt to destabilise EU – EU executive

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - The thousands of migrants on the European Union's eastern borders with Belarus is an attempt by the Minsk regime to destabilise the EU, rather than a…