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At least 736 Afghan nationals recorded for new registration from 1 Aug to 11 Sept: UNHCR
•According to the UN body's statement, the total number of persons of concern to UNHCR in India stands at 43,157. Among them, 15,559 refugees and asylum seekers are from Afghanistan
Libya: At least 74 migrants drown after boat capsizes off coast of al-Khums, says UN
•The incident on Thursday is the latest in a series of at least eight shipwrecks in the Mediterranean sea since 1 October, said UN's International Organisation for Migration
Forty-five migrants killed after boat capsizes in Mediterranean Sea, off coast of Libya, says UN
•Thirty-seven survivors, mainly from Senegal, Mali, Chad and Ghana, were rescued by local fishermen and later detained by Libyan officials onshore
Antonio Guterres to visit Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib on 19 Feb during Pakistan visit, will hold meetings with Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi
•UN Secretary-General will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday and will hold meetings with Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi
Rohingya crisis: UNHCR head asks Asia-Pacific leaders to show solidarity with Bangladesh, offer support and protection to refugees
•The UNHCR chief also stressed that the "real solution" lies in Myanmar itself, and he appealed for regional support to address the root causes of displacement of Rohingya refugees in Rakhine: for example, investing in infrastructure that connects communities instead of dividing them, and providing expertise on resolving statelessness and intercommunal conflict.
Over 7,000 Indians applied for asylum in US in 2017, says UN report; Afghans made up highest number of refugees last year
•According to the UN report, there were 1,97,146 refugees in end 2017 in India and 10,519 asylum-seekers with pending cases.
US denies attacking Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan after Islamabad condemns 'unilateral' drone strike
•Pakistan's claim that the US hit an Afghan refugee camp in a drone strike is "false", a US spokesman said Thursday
Over 100 Rohingya refugees killed in two months while fleeing Myanmar, says UNHCR report
Ians •More than 100 Rohingya refugees have drowned in shipwrecks and boat capsizes as they fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh
Myanmar violence: Bangladesh agrees to free land to shelter Rohingya refugees fleeing Rakhine state
•The new camp will help relieve some pressure on existing settlements in the Bangladeshi border district of Cox's Bazar, where nearly 300,000 Rohingya have arrived since 25 August.
Syria conflict: Nearly half a million displaced Syrians return home, says UN report
•The agency said it had seen "a notable trend of spontaneous returns to and within Syria in 2017."