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Hurriyet Daily News
April 23, 2018
Turkey has been very generous against Syrian refugees, but it needs international solidarity especially to help the children refugees, according to Philippe Duamelle, ... “Turkey's response to the Syria crisis has been absolutely remarkable. ... Turkey thought Syrians would be here for only a short time.
LA Daily News
April 23, 2018
They had left Myanmar's Rakhine state, where a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims has sparked the fleeing of 700,000 refugees into neighboring Bangladesh since the middle of last year. The walk also follows what American officials said was a chemical attack two weeks ago in Douma, Syria.
CityNews Toronto
April 23, 2018
'The Boy on the Beach' tells the full story behind a photograph that garnered worldwide attention. Tima Kurdi, the aunt of Syrian infant Alan Kurdi whose body was found on a Turkish beach, is the author of the book and speaks about it's message. Apr 22, 2018, 11:41 PM. Advertisement. Local. Latest Ãâ÷ Local Ãâ÷ National Ãâ÷ LifeÃâà...
ABC News
April 23, 2018
The 36-year-old Syrian refugee has been stuck in the transit zone of Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia for more than 44 days because no country will take ... Al Kontar left Syria in 2006 to avoid a compulsory military service and to seek a more prosperous life in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
ReliefWeb
April 22, 2018
The March/April update on durable solutions for Syrian refugees focuses on UNHCR's Comprehensive Protection and Solutions Strategy for Syrian refugees, and on resettlement for Syrians. Introduction and Intentions. Ongoing hostilities in Syria continue to drive the largest displacement crisis in the world.
Fox11online.com
April 19, 2018
She says the number of Syrians fleeing the country in search for a better life is growing, "This year, between the start of the year to now, it's going to be reported ... David Coury is a Humanities and Global studies professor at UW-Green Bay, "Syria is almost completely devastated, and these refugees, if they return, they haveÃâà...
CNN
April 19, 2018
But the stall in refugee resettlement worries refugee advocates, and strikes some lawmakers -- particularly Democrats -- as hypocritical given the recent ... The administration's stated goal when it comes to Syrian refugees is to help stabilize areas of Syria liberated by ISIS and encourage a political solutionÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 19, 2018
He is also limiting refugees from Muslim-majority countries, like Syria, because of terrorism threats. Trump ordered a missile attack against Syria in retaliation for chemical warfare, but the U.S. does not appear to be prepared to accept refugee victims. The president has indicated he will direct troopsÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
April 19, 2018
Some 500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon's south-eastern town of Shebaa left their homes today heading to Syria's Beit Jinn, which was recaptured by the regime forces from the opposition in December, media reports have revealed. According to Sky News, 15 buses provided by Syria reached Shebaa toÃâà...
Reliefweb
April 19, 2018
Bucharest – IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is today (19-04) kicking off an innovative multi-country project to provide resettled refugees with the building blocks to start their new life in Europe. Initially targeting 500 Syrian refugees, the LINK IT project aims to link pre-departure and post-arrival support toÃâà...
BBC News
April 19, 2018
"In the daytime the local children in Lebanon go to school and when they finish, they open up the school for refugee children with teachers doing double shifts." Frayne will travel to Brussels in a few days to meet world leaders who are discussing help for Syrian refugees. He visited a refugee camp recentlyÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 18, 2018
Child marriage among Syrian refugee children, primarily girls, is on the rise, according to data from Jordan's court system. The percentage of ... Poverty is the primary reason driving families to marry off their daughters, as life for many refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria becomes increasingly difficult.
The Independent
April 11, 2018
Of the 484 young refugees surveyed, more than a third had been in employment before leaving Syria, while 41 per cent had been students and were unable to complete their studies due to the conflict. One young Syrian who has started work in Britain is Alaa, 22, who arrived through the Syrian resettlementÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 11, 2018
But it is difficult to envisage an improvement in the life and prospects of Syrian refugee children. As the war becomes further protracted, the prospect of returning to a normal life for the 2.6 million Syrians in neighbouring countries and the 2.8 million internally displaced remains unrealistic. An entireÃâà...
wnep.com
April 11, 2018
KINGSTON, Pa. — Two Syrian refugees, cousins now living in Kingston, are not bothered by President Donald Trump's tweets concerning the situation in Syria. It's their hope that the president can bring more awareness to how bad the situation is in their home country and help oust Syria's current president.
Quartz
April 11, 2018
The humanitarian disaster gripping Syria has once again become a point of global tension: Donald Trump has vowed to retaliate “militarily” against a recent alleged chemical weapons attack that some blame on the Syrian government. Russia has warned the US not to strike. Iran, meanwhile, is threateningÃâà...
CatholicPhilly.com
April 11, 2018
Reluctantly, he packed a few belongings and $3,000 in cash, and fled from Syria with his wife to avoid being publicly executed by Islamic State militants. Now living in Omaha, Jabbour shared the story of his narrow escape and the Catholic faith that sustains him during a dinner and auction hosted by St.
ReliefWeb
April 10, 2018
The Syrian Refugee Resilience Plan (SRRP) is the guiding instrument for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to address the needs of Syrian refugees in Turkey. The SRRP describes FAO's strategy to (i) address the food security needs of Syrian refugees and vulnerableÃâà...
Irish Times
April 9, 2018
Wassim grew up in the city of Al-Zabadani in a mountainous region in southwestern Syria close to the Lebanese border. His father worked as a carpenter and the family ran a farm where they grew apple and peach trees. “It used to be a visitor spot for tourists,” says Wassim. “Syria is not green like here butÃâà...
Gulf Times
March 31, 2018
Faisal al-Fahida, executive director of QC's Executive Management of International Operations, said they are keen to take care of Syrian refugees, particularly ... QC launched its 'Affected by Winter' campaign to support displaced people and refugees affected by the bitter winter and heavy rain in Syria, Iraq,Ãâà...
UNHCR
March 30, 2018
Life-saving treatment for 97 Syrians living in Lebanon could end unless extra funds are found, with most refugees simply unable to cover the costs. Syrian refugee Abdel Razzaq, 14, risks losing his life-saving dialysis sessions due to a funding shortage among non-governmental organizations that cover theÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 29, 2018
Two years after the Supporting Syria conference in London, where international donors and governments of host countries agreed to make sure that by the ... among refugee families in the region, the future looks more bleak with the day for the more than half a million of young Syrians who are out of school,Ãâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 29, 2018
This March is the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Syrian civil war. Since then, some 400,000 have been killed, and over 5.5 million refugees have streamed out of Syria; millions more have lost their homes. Over a million Syrian refugees live in Jordan, thousands of them in sprawling refugeeÃâà...
The Independent
March 29, 2018
A Syrian refugee family has been left homeless after they were refused emergency accommodation following their eviction from a rented property in London. Muhamed and Rouzeh Shouesh, who fled to the UK from Syria with their two teenage children in 2012, are currently having to borrow money to stayÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 29, 2018
Since Syria's civil war began, the U.N. says that 12 million Syrians have been forced to leave their homes, with another 1.5 million expected to leave this year. The recent bombardment of Eastern Ghouta highlights the need for new sanctuaries. As Malcolm Brabant reports, this is being watched with concernÃâà...
Atlas Obscura
March 29, 2018
Since the war began in 2011, more than 5.6 million people have fled Syria. In Mafraq alone, there are almost 80,000 registered Syrian refugees, with another 80,000 at the Zaatari refugee camp on its outskirts. Those fleeing the country include doctors, teachers and engineers, but also stonemasons.
Vatican News
March 27, 2018
“Welcome” and “Peace” were the words with which a group of children and adolescents and their families from the war-torn city of Homs in Syria were greeted on Tuesday morning as they arrived in Rome. They were also offered a Palm Sunday olive branch and an Italian language tuition book by membersÃâà...
IRINnews.org
March 27, 2018
A recent study released by Istanbul's Bilgi University found that 86.2 percent of respondents said Syrians should be returned after the war is over. This compares with a 2014 poll that showed only 38.9 percent of Turks agreeing with the statement: "Refugees are not a concern of Turkey and they should beÃâà...
Voice of America
March 26, 2018
Many of the Syrians have little money and are unfamiliar with Lebanese laws. ... A Syrian refugee named Reja talked to VOA about her experience in Lebanon. ... Had Reja and her husband been married in Syria, the marriage would likely have been seen as lawful, as the laws there are not as restrictive.
The Guardian
March 26, 2018
A Syrian refugee in Turkey, she no longer has to queue for food handouts or at soup kitchens. Huda now has her own debit card loaded with funds as part of a European-funded unconditional cash transfer programme. She is among 1.25 million refugees across Turkey - of which 90% are Syrians- to benefitÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
March 24, 2018
Pastor Doug Reid stands in an alley of a Syrian refugee tent city in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley where he went to see how his church could give aid. ... million Syrian refugees, uprooted by civil war, are existing in cramped tent cities in Lebanon, which has been overwhelmed by the influx of displaced Syrians.
euronews
March 22, 2018
At least 5,000 refugees and migrants are living in Moria and another camp on the island, more than their 3,000 capacity, awaiting for months for word on their future. More than 60,000 refugees and migrants, most from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, have been in Greece for more than a year after borderÃâà...
Middle East Eye
March 22, 2018
Turkish security forces have intercepted and deported thousands of Syrians from the Turkish border into the war-torn province of Idlib. A new report from Human Rights Watch has warned that border guards have shot and killed or wounded newly arrived asylum seekers from Syria, and have forciblyÃâà...
ComputerWeekly.com
March 22, 2018
Turkey is home to the largest refugee population in the world, with 3.4 million Syrians – including 1.5 million Syrian children – according to Unicef. .... Despite the proximity of Syria and Turkey, the languages spoken – Arabic and Turkish – are very different, and as few as 10% of refugees crossing the border speak anyÃâà...
Hurriyet Daily News
March 22, 2018
Turkey has taken in more than 3.5 million refugees from Syria since the conflict began in March 2011. Since then ... The Ankara center's medical team is partly made up of Syrian refugees. After seven ... ECHO partly finances the training provided to the Syrian refugee doctors and nurses. “A registeredÃâà...
Sputnik International
March 22, 2018
Human Rights Watch has criticized the conduct of Turkish security forces on the border with Syria who, it alleges, have been engaging in mass ... The organization says it interviewed a number of Syrians who claim to have been deported from posts along the border with the rebel-militant enclave of Idlib.
Aljazeera.com
March 20, 2018
Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan - The war in Syria is now in its eighth year and Syrians across the world have become accustomed to a different life. Using animations to illustrate their dreams, Dreaming in Zaatari: Stories After Syria, an immersive virtual-reality film, takes viewers into the lives of three SyrianÃâà...
thejournal.ie
March 18, 2018
In 2013, people in my town of Khirbet Ghazaleh in Syria were forced to leave. After that, my family decided to go to Jordan. We ended up at the Zaatari refugee camp. Life is very, very difficult there. There are a lot of problems. It's a very crowded place, it's not really suitable for human life. You have noÃâà...
Ahval
March 18, 2018
This week, two important articles in the Arabic-language press looked at the trials faced by Syrian refugees as they seek a safe harbour to rebuild their lives. The Northern Syria Observer (NSO), an independent news site set up by local journalists and human rights activists, published a compellingÃâà...
Khaleej Times
March 18, 2018
She said that a day after visiting the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, she had to attend the Emmys. However, she couldn't shake ... She also insisted that people do not get desensitised to what is happening to refugees and that they stuck in volatile situations around the world. "I think around the world, haveÃâà...
The Guardian
March 18, 2018
On a cold, rainy morning, sitting in his two-room cabin behind his mother's house in Kent, he is drinking pear juice and smoking roll-ups, telling me that, “after seeing the horror and despair refugees face as they seek safety and shelter”, he felt driven to tell their stories. The result is Refugee, a film shot overÃâà...
Irish Times
March 17, 2018
In 2017, 721,000 Syrians returned to their homes, according to the report. Of those, 655,000 were people who were displaced inside Syria, while about 66,000 were refugees, mostly from neighbouring countries like Lebanon and Jordan. However, for every Syrian that returned home in 2017, at least threeÃâà...
International Rescue Committee
March 16, 2018
Firas, 22, worked with Refugee.Info, a digital service created by the International Rescue Committee in partnership with Google, Microsoft and Trip Advisor. The online and mobile platform provides crucial information to refugees seeking asylum from war and persecution. In this case, Firas, then living inÃâà...
Voice of America
March 16, 2018
Bake sales are a fundraising fixture of American life, so it was no stretch for a group of volunteers who wanted to do something to help the 300 Syrian families in the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas. Syria is famous for its sweets, but program co-founder Tan Jakwani said volunteers learned about themÃâà...
CBC.ca
March 15, 2018
So Paul worked with the Mennonite Central Committee to put in the paperwork with the federal government, and applied to bring a family from Syria to Canada. Alhamud and his family flew into Winnipeg on Feb. 8, 2016. They had already fled Syria, and were living in a refugee camp in Lebanon. AlhamudÃâà...
Qantara.de
March 15, 2018
As the Syrian war inches closer towards its eighth year, continuing to displace Syrians, the West is collectively resettling fewer Syrian refugees – beginning with the EU-Turkey refugee deal in March 2016 and continuing with President Donald Trumpʹs push to resettle Syrians in Jordan and LebanonÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 14, 2018
“Syrian coffee,” she said when she put down the tray. I asked her what made it Syrian. “A Syrian makes it,” she said, smiling because she'd made a joke in English. Seven years ago, the Bazara family was living a comfortable life in Aleppo, Syria. Emtisal owned a beauty salon and took care of Walid and hisÃâà...
expressandstar.com
March 14, 2018
Under the Government Syrian refugee resettlement plan, around 20,000 people are being brought into the UK. Councils receive Ãâã8,520 per refugee accepted, plus Ãâã4,500 to provide education for every child aged five to 18 years. They must ensure appropriate accommodation for new arrivals, then provideÃâà...
Art Newspaper
March 14, 2018
Not yet perfect, but astonishing progress, made more remarkable given this is happening 12 miles from the Syrian border, and that most students are refugees who have fled from the neighbouring conflict. With the backing of the UK government's Cultural Protection Fund, a Ãâã30m initiative to protect heritageÃâà...
UNHCR
March 13, 2018
This year UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has asked resettlement countries to open their doors to 1,500 refugees still in Syria – 1,340 Iraqis, 80 Afghans and 80 from other countries – who are not adequately protected there. Hussain is one of the lucky ones. After reaching Romania, where they spoke toÃâà...
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