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    Pakistan's Khan says millions of Muslim refugees could flee India

    Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that millions of Muslims could flee India due to the curfew in the disputed territory of Kashmir and India's new citizenship law, creating "a refugee crisis that would dwarf other crises".

    >>Reuters
    Published : 17 Dec 2019, 10:26 AM
    Updated : 17 Dec 2019, 10:26 AM

    Khan, addressing the Global Forum on Refugees in Geneva, said: "We are worried there not only could be a refugee crisis, we are worried it could lead to a conflict between two nuclear-armed countries."

    "Our country will not be able to accommmodate more refugees," he added, urging the world to "step in now".

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