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Syria: 50,000 civilians return to Turkey-controlled areas in the north
Refugee Crisis

UN: Half a million Syrian displaced by war return home in 2017

July 1, 2017 MEO Staff

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 … ]

Sudan

U.S. welcomes tripartite agreement on refugees return to Darfur

June 19, 2017 MEO Staff

The United States has welcomed a tripartite agreement on the voluntary return of Sudanese refugees in Chad. Sudan, Chad and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) signed on 31 May two separate tripartite agreements on the [ More … ]

Syria: 50,000 civilians return to Turkey-controlled areas in the north
Algeria

UN urges Morocco and Algeria to help stranded Syrian refugees

May 31, 2017 MEO Staff

The United Nations’ refugee agency has urged North African neighbors to provide safe passage to dozens of Syrians who are stranded in a border zone between Algeria and Morocco. The United Nations’ refugee agency on [ More … ]

Russia lost membership of UN human rights council over Syria crimes idlib
Syria Latest News

Russia lost membership of UN human rights council over Syria crimes

October 29, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The General Assembly voted Russia off the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, a stunning rebuke to the country which is increasingly being accused of war crimes over its intervention in Syria. The 193-member General [ More … ]

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Refugee Crisis

75 Syrian refugees arrive in Italy under resettlement program

October 25, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

Seventy-five Syrian refugees arrived Monday in Italy, coming from the camps of the UNHCR in Lebanon, as a part of a humanitarian agreement signed by Rome with Christian communities. Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Paolo [ More … ]

Jordan Latest News

UNHCR Chief Arrives In Jordan For Broader Regional Mission

October 23, 2016 MEO Staff

UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi on Saturday started his second visit to Jordan “as part of a broader mission to the region”, the UN agency said in a statement, according to THE JORDAN TIMES. During [ More … ]

Syrian refugees near Jordan border get first aid since weeks
Refugee Crisis

Syrian refugees near Jordan border get first aid for weeks

August 6, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The UN says it has for the first time in weeks delivered aid to thousands of Syrian refugees stranded on the border with Jordan. A group of relief agencies said they had completed delivery of [ More … ]

Iraq Latest News

3,000 civilians in Iraq’s Kirkuk held by ISIS: UN

August 5, 2016 MEO Staff

– UN refugee agency says 3,000 people in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk province have been abducted by notorious terrorist group – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday claimed that the ISIS (Daesh) [ More … ]

Jordan Latest News

‘Over Half of Syrian Refugees in Jordan Are Children’

August 4, 2016 MEO Staff

More than half of the registered Syrian refugees in Jordan are below the age of 17, placing “tremendous” pressure on the Kingdom’s resources, a UNHCR official said on Tuesday, reported the Jordan Times. Some 338,645 [ More … ]

Syrian refugee drowned in river in Hungary, UN calls for investigation
Refugee Crisis

Syrian refugee drowned in river in Hungary, UN calls for investigation

June 6, 2016 Ahmed Rashed

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Saturday called for an investigation into the circumstances in which a 22-year-old Syrian refugee drowned as he was attempting to cross the Tisza River [ More … ]

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