UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees, said hundreds of Palestinians are facing serious shortages amid renewed fighting between Assad forces and rebels The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Sunday of the humanitarian [ More … ]
UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, called for more international support to Sudan in its humanitarian efforts to shelter South Sudanese refugees fleeing the four-year conflict in South Sudan. Grandi, the new chief of [ More … ]
Europe should be open, safe and provide fair ways to migrants instead of isolating them: Omer Celik Turkey’s Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik on Thursday criticized Europe for creating barriers against asylum seekers instead [ More … ]
The refugees and fighters from al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch arrived in bus convoys into the rebel-held area of Al-Saan in the central Syrian Hama province. Nearly 8,000 Syrian refugees and fighters from Lebanon arrived in [ More … ]
Turkish security forces detained at least 645 foreign nationals over the past week as they tried to cross into Europe illegally from western Turkey’s Izmir province. The detentions came as part of operations targeting illegal [ More … ]
A group of Syrian activists from across the world have started a hunger strike demanding Beirut investigates the killing of refugees in Lebanese military custody. A group of activists went on hunger strike this week [ More … ]
A ‘significant trend’ has been noted as hundreds of thousands of displaced Syrians returned home amid a drop in the overall level of violence in their home country. Around 500,000 Syrians who were displaced from [ More … ]
Five suicide bombers attacked Lebanese soldiers as they raided two Syrian refugee camps in the Arsal area at the border with Syria on Friday. Five suicide bombers blew themselves up during raids on two refugee [ More … ]
Jordan has reached the limit of its capacity to cope with the burden of hosting Syrian refugees, Planning Minister Imad al-Fakhoury said in a statement. Jordan has hit the limit of its ability to host [ More … ]
The two car bombs hit a Free Syrian Army checkpoint and a market place for diesel fuel, killing at least ten. Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for killing ten people [ More … ]
Millions of refugees have fled their countries and homes to escape oppression, persecution and natural disasters in search of a better life, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani said at the opening of the [ More … ]
Global stability is at stake if America and its citizens don’t do more to help refugees. History will be stained by the enormous tragedy that is Syria. Almost six years of brutality have left upwards [ More … ]
At least five suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and outside the camp in Hasakeh province on Tuesday, killing at least 46 people, including 31 civilians. A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens [ More … ]
The case of Syrian refugees stranded on the border between Algeria and Morocco continues to cause controversy. For the Minister in charge of Moroccans Residing Abroad and Immigration Affairs, Abdelkrim Benatiq, these refugees are not [ More … ]
Morocco has accused Algeria of expelling 55 Syrian migrants across the countries’ shared border and summoned Algeria’s ambassador to criticize it for “inhumane behavior”, in the latest row between the North African rivals. Moroccan ministry of [ More … ]
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