Chen is known for commemorating the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and escaped China by travelling to Thailand and later reaching Taiwan.
Of the total Indian asylum seekers in 2014, as many as 6,935 were women and 15,436 men, he said.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, 18-year-old, was welcomed by Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, CTV said.
In his reply, Singh said approximately 8,000 are in Germany, but not in jail, 359 in the US and in detention, two in Denmark and in jail, two in Brazil and in jail, one in Finland, but not in jail.
Wars, other violence and harassment drove worldwide forced displacement to a new height in 2017 for the fifth year in a row, led by the crisis in Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan’s war, and the fight into Bangladesh from Myanmar of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees.
Ecuador gave Assange political asylum after he sought refuge in the embassy in 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden for investigation of sex-related claims.
Moscow: Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could extend his refugee status in Russia, his lawyer said on Wednesday."Everything is fine, we are dealing with issues to extend the status, so everything is ok," Interfax
Rio De Janeiro: National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in "an open letter to the Brazilian people'' that he would be willing to help Brazil's government investigate US spying on its soil, but that
Lahore: Awais Sheikh, the Pakistani lawyer who defended slain Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh, and his family have taken asylum in Sweden after receiving threats, his colleagues and friends said today. “Mr Sheikh has taken asylum
Moscow, Aug 1: A Russian lawyer for Edward Snowden says the National Security Agency leaker has received asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow' airport.Anatoly Kucherena said he handed
Moscow, July 29: Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could be placed in a temporary refugee shelter outside Moscow if his asylum request is approved by Russia, officials said on Monday."The thing is that there
Moscow, July 17: Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower, has filed an official request for temporary asylum in Russia, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said Tuesday."Because Snowden cannot leave the transit area of the Sheremetyevo (Airport), he completed
Moscow, July 10: American whistleblower Edward Snowden has agreed to take political asylum in Venezuela, a Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday."As was expected, Snowden agreed to (Venezuelan President Nicolas) Maduro's offer of political asylum," Xinhua
Caracas, July 9: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Monday that his government had received a formal asylum request from US former CIA analyst Edward Snowden, who has been staying in the transit zone of Moscow's
Caracus, Jul 6: The presidents of Nicaragua and Venezuela offered Friday to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, one day after leftist South American leaders gathered to denounce the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo
New Delhi, Jul 2: An official says India has rejected NSA leaker Edward Snowden's request for political asylum.External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin says India has carefully examined the asylum request and decided to turn
Moscow, July 2: NSA leaker Edward Snowden's attempts to seek refuge outside the United States hit hurdles on Tuesday, after Russian media reported he canceled his asylum bid in Russia and several European countries said
Moscow, Jun 24: Ex-CIA analyst Edward Snowden today continued his globe-trotting game of cat-and-mouse with US authorities on his tail, reportedly slipping out of Russia on his way to seek asylum in Latin America.Snowden, who
London, Aug 16: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was today granted asylum by Ecuador, leading to an unprecedented diplomatic situation between London and Quito, in whose embassy here he has been holed up to avoid extradition
Quito, Ecuador, Aug 16 : Ecuador accused Britain on Wednesday of threatening to storm its London embassy to arrest Julian Assange after the U.K. issued a stern warning to the South American nation ahead of
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