![]() | Two more Lankan families reach Dhanushkodi in Tamil NaduAccording to sources, a family of five spent `1 lakh for the trip. With this, the number of Sri Lankan Tamils seeking refuge in the State has gone up to 90. |
![]() | Paris 2024: IOC announces Refugee Athlete Scholarship-holders aiming for next GamesThe 44 athletes come from 12 countries, are hosted by 16 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across all five continents, and are competing in 12 sports. |
![]() | PM Johnson's plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda 'appalling': Prince CharlesThe reported intervention from the Prince of Wales threatens to stoke controversy about his political views as he shoulders more of the duties of his 96-year-old mother. |
![]() | Thailand urged to let UN evaluate refugee status of RohingyaThe Thai navy said the 59 Rohingya left an island in the Andaman Sea had travelled from Bangladesh on large fishing boats. |
![]() | Three more Sri Lankan Tamils seek refuge in Tamil NaduMarine police detained them at Dhanushkodi and shifted them to the Mandapam refugee camp after conducting inquiries. |
![]() | Australia's new government grants 'bridging visas' to asylum-seeking Tamil family after nine yearsTreasurer Jim Chalmers, who is also acting home affairs minister, said that he had granted the Murugappan family temporary 'bridging visas' allowing them to stay lawfully in Australia. |
![]() | UK's Prince Charles visits Ukrainian refugees in RomaniaSpeaking to a group of Ukrainians through an interpreter, Charles apologized for his lack of language skills, saying, “I wish my Ukrainian was better.” |
![]() | Madras HC puts TN on notice over Lankan refugee camp in KarurJustice D Krishnakumar, who heard the plea this week, issued notice to the authorities concerned and adjourned the case for two months. |
![]() | Jill Biden to meet Ukrainian refugees during border visitThe first lady also will meet during the trip with humanitarian aid workers, educators, government officials and U.S. embassy personnel. |
![]() | 18 Lankan Tamil migrants including pregnant woman, 7 children, caught at RameswaramThey reportedly started from Mannar fishing harbour on Thursday morning and arrived illegally at Arichal Munai at Dhanushkodi in two boats in the late hours of Thursday. |
![]() | UN says 5 million have fled UkraineMore than half of the total, over 2.8 million, fled at least at first to Poland. Although many have stayed there, an unknown number have traveled onward. There are few border checks within the EU. |
![]() | ‘Came hoping for better life’Mary Clarin, who arrived in the first batch, told TNIE. Mary was engaged in daily wage labour in Sri Lanka. |
![]() | Lanka crisis brings refugee issues to the foreThe flow of people to India is likely to increase because the nation-building experiments in neighbouring countries are based on the religion and language of the majority. |
![]() | UN: Nearly two-thirds of Ukraine's children have fled homes, many lack food, waterManuel Fontaine, UNICEF's emergency programs director, said it is something he hadn't before seen happen so quickly in 31 years of humanitarian work. |
![]() | Crisis drives 19 more Lankan Tamils to Tamil NaduAs Sri Lanka reels under its worst economic crisis, 19 more Lankan Tamils, six of them children, arrived in Dhanushkodi in two batches on Sunday. |
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