Syria after Assad: why many Syrian refugees aren’t returning home
At the start of the new year, 115,000 Syrians had already returned home from Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. In December, the ...
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Fearing for their lives, Syrian refugees flee into Lebanon
Though Syrian officials insisted the situation ... he would have an annual budget of $220,000 to deal with the refugee influx. But Lebanon’s multiyear currency crisis has slashed that figure ...
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Leaders of France, Lebanon, Syria meet online, discuss Syrian refugees in Lebanon, borders
The presidents of France, Lebanon, and Syria on Friday held an online meeting during which they discussed the issues related to the Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the coordination to control the ...
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Beirut puts pressure on the EU: Syrians, from political refugees to economic migrants
Lebanon considers it ‘imperative’ that the Syrian refugees in the country, at least 1.5 million, be repatriated. The change of leadership in Damascus also changes their status. At the meeting ...
UN refugee agency says Cyprus still pushes back migrant boats, Cyprus insists agency has it wrong
Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees are clashing over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation ...
More than 1 million displaced Syrians have returned home since ouster of al-Assad
The UN predicts that as many as 3.5 million refugees and IDPs may return to their homes in Syria this year, and says more aid ...
They fled Syria years ago. Now, they spend their first Ramadan back amid nostalgia, relief and loss
As they spend their first Ramadan in their country in years, many Syrians who’ve recently returned from abroad to a homeland ...
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If we neglect immediate humanitarian needs in Syria, social and political divisions will not heal
Without global support, millions of Syrian refugees and displaced persons will see their dream of return ruined, warns Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.