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Olaiputtu, a restaurant run by Sri Lankan refugee women in Thoothukudi, has completed 1 year. With help from UNHCR, Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi, Social Welfare Minister P. Geetha Jeevan, Thoothukudi Mayor N. P. Jagan and the Collector, the women have been able to make the restaurant self-reliant. The Thoothukudi Corporation…

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Lawyers for the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, made their legal arguments on Tuesday.

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A three-day hearing at the UK’s highest court began on Monday.

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