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UNHCR said now 1 per cent of all humanity is displaced, and there are twice as many forcibly displaced people than a decade ago. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

UN: Millions driven from homes in 2020 despite COVID-19 crisis

99 of the more than 160 countries that closed their borders due to COVID didn't make exceptions for people seeking protection as refugees
18 Jun 2021 11:35 AM
A Syrian man, selling juice, waits for customers in the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. (AFP)

'Keep going': Syrian refugees use war resilience to confront virus

Refugees believe their experience of violence and exile helps them deal with the anxiety sparked by the novel coronavirus
03 May 2020 2:17 PM
After the civil war erupted in Syria eight years ago, Nasrallah started growing the fungi in his home province of Hama. (Photo: AFP)

Syrian refugees grow mushrooms to sustain families

Displaced Syrian grows mushrooms to feed family.
26 Dec 2019 4:50 PM
One of the pictures Priyanka Chopra shared on Instagram.

Priyanka meets Syrian refugees in Jordan, expresses anger, agony at their plight

The actress shared that she is appalled by their plight and said the world should be inspired by their resilience.
11 Sep 2017 5:14 PM
US envoy Nikki Haley cited Trump's stepped-up action to try to hasten a political solution to the war, including a strike punishing Assad's forces for using chemical weapons that the Syrian opposition and its backers have enthusiastically applauded.

US takes U-turn on Syrian refugee policy, says won’t abandon them

US envoy Nikki Haley’s message was diluted by US President Trump's planned budget cuts and his hardline position on refugees.
22 May 2017 10:40 AM
3,000 people have left Qaboun in two days of evacuations. (Photo: Representational/AP)

About 1,000 rebels leave Damacus district under evacuation deal

Well over 3,000 people have left Qaboun in two days of evacuations, paving the way for the government to regain control of the area.
16 May 2017 1:36 PM
Dutton said there would have been 'significant consequences in our own country' if the govt had followed the opposition’s advice by bringing all the refugees to Australia quickly. (Photo: Facebook)

Australia rejects 500 Syrian refugees, justifies security citing London attack

A minister said the deadly rampage near Britain’s Parliament on Wednesday showed Australia was right to be cautious.
23 Mar 2017 1:33 PM
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced in September 2015 that the 12,000 refugees would be resettled as quickly as possible. (Photo: AFP/Representational Image)

Australia close to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees

The refugees are in addition to the 13,750 refugees that Australia accepts each year.
22 Mar 2017 1:51 PM
Nearly 700 Syrian refugees have been granted one-year humanitarian visas to begin their asylum process in Italy. (Photo: Representational Image/AP)

Avoiding risky sea journey, Syrian refugees head to Italy 'pronto'

After poring over pictures on Google, Mohammed says Turin looks like a "beautiful" industrial hub where he hopes to work.
19 Mar 2017 5:34 PM
President Donald Trump issued an executive order a week ago that put a 120-day halt on the US refugee program.

Ban worries US startup companies

Foreigners advised to use common sense and not travel outside US.
04 Feb 2017 12:38 AM
In a country with a population of some 23 million before the war, the United Nations estimates around 6.6 million people have been internally displaced by the fighting. (Photo:AFP)

Over three lakh dead, 48 lakh refugees: Syria’s war in numbers

Those killed included 90,000 civilians, of which 16,000 were children, the Britain-based monitor said.
23 Dec 2016 11:59 AM
A woman holds her daughter's hand as they walk through the Eleonas refugee camp in Athens. (Photo: AP)

Rich nations urged to resettle more Syrian refugees to save lives

Nearly 5 million Syrians uprooted by fighting are hosted in just a handful of bordering countries, including Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan.
16 Dec 2016 12:50 PM
A Syrian refugee with her children prepares food near her tent in a camp. (Photo: AP)

Syrian girls flee war only to become mothers in Jordan camp

More than 15 million girls worldwide are married before they turn 18, according to campaign group Girls Not Brides.
16 Dec 2016 9:36 AM
Pope Francis spent the year with the downtrodden, spending a Friday every month with refugees. (Photo: AFP)

Pope Francis shuts holy door at Saint Peter's after packed 12 months

He will close the panelled bronze doors at the Vatican's basilica, which will later be walled up from the inside as per tradition.
20 Nov 2016 12:16 PM
Donald Trump's eldest son compared Syrian refugees to a bowl of Skittles candies. (Photo: AP)

Trump son compares Syrian refugees to poisoned candies

Donald Trump Jr.’s Twitter post was met with immediate scorn from users of the popular micro-blogging site.
20 Sep 2016 3:17 PM
The team that developed the app comprises six budding programmers from Berlin’s ReDI School of Digital Integration, a non-profit organisation that trains refugees in coding and entrepreneurship.

Refugee app to cut across red tape

‘Bureaucrazy’ to help refugees with paperwork, German
16 Aug 2016 12:49 AM
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gestures during a televised address at the presidential palace in Ankara on Sunday. (Photo: AP)

EU didn’t keep its promises on migrants’ influx in Turkey: Erdogan

Erdogan president said the EU had promised $3 billion, but so far only paid a nominal $1 million to $2 million.
26 Jul 2016 3:31 PM
In this photo, Syrian refugees pass time in Aksaray neighbourhood in Istanbul (Photo: AP)

Up to 300,000 Syrians could get Turkish citizenship: report

Syrian refugees who become Turkish nationals would then be able to vote in elections one year after being awarded nationality.
09 Jul 2016 6:07 PM
Since March 2011, Syria's brutal conflict has left more than 280,000 people dead and forced half the population to flee their homes. (Photo: AFP)

More than 700 doctors killed in Syria war so far: UN

The UN commission voiced concern that Al-Qaeda-affiliated militants may have recruited hundreds of children into their ranks.
21 Jun 2016 7:07 PM
Salam Ashara, center, reads his poems about pre-war Syria to his two sons Saeb, left, and Ayman in the Zaatari refugee camp, northern Jordan. (Photo: AP)

In Jordan camp, Syrian refugees prepare for long exile

The Asharas were among the first families to settle in Zaatari, Jordan's first and now its largest refugee camp, with 80,000 residents.
20 Jun 2016 12:10 PM

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