Geneva, Switzerland -- More than one million people have returned to their homes in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, including 280,000 refugees who came back from abroad, the UN said on Tuesday. Assad was toppled in December in a rebel offensive, putting an end to his family's decades-long grip...
EU parliament demands to end ‘golden passport’
The Parliament has asked member states to ban Russian applications of 'golden passport' as Russian in particular benefit from these systems.
Turkey hosts peace talk between Russia and Ukraine
Russia's foreign ministry confirmed that Lavrov would be attending the meeting on the sidelines of a diplomatic forum organized by Cavusoglu in Antalya.
U.S. rejects surprise Poland offer of jets for Ukraine as not ‘tenable’
NATO has already cleared that it does not want direct conflict with Russia and President Joe Biden has ruled out sending U.S. troops into Ukraine to fight.Airbnb users send money to Ukraine through reservations
About 28,000 Airbnb hosts around the world, including 2,800 in France, are currently offering accommodation for refugees.UAE dispatches 30 tonne of aid to war-torn Ukraine
The United Arab Emirates said it flew 30 tonnes of aid and medical supplies to Poland for transportation to war-torn Ukraine Monday, to help relieve the "deteriorating humanitarian situation" after Russia's invasion.Bahrain pledges $1 million as aid for refugees fleeing Ukraine
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres had called for resources to meet the increasing humanitarian needs in Ukraine.
Ukraine is Europe’s ‘fastest growing refugee’ crisis since World War II
UN officials said they expected the wave of refugees to intensify further as the Russian army pressed its offensive, particularly toward the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Since Russia invaded on February 24, a total of 922,400 people have fled Ukraine to Poland. Hungary, Moldova, Romanian and Slovakia have also seen Ukrainian...800 Iraqi refugees return home from Syria, more to follow
Eight hundred Iraqi refugees returned home from northeast Syria on Thursday and hundreds more are to follow, a Syrian official in the region's Kurdish semi-autonomous administration said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the first group left on buses via the Al-Yarubiyah border crossing. The Iraqi government has "agreed...Qatar Red Crescent Society project in Kurdistan benefits thousands
QRCS Warm Winter campaign this year aims at meeting the food and winterization needs of around 42,040 families.
Rare Mideast snow brings joy and misery
Snow carpeted Jerusalem and the eastern Mediterranean as a rare storm turned the Holy City into a winter wonderland but brought misery to the region's Syrian refugees.
Kuwait Red Crescent Society, ICRC to support relief program for Rohingyas
Kuwait Red Crescent Society and International Committee of the Red Cross will support and implement a relief medical program for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The two organizations signed a cooperation agreement regarding the same on Wednesday. Chairman of KRCS's Board of Directors Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer stressed the importance of...
Lebanon town warns of looming heating tragedy
Arsal town is home to 70,000 Syrian refugees. The cost of fuel families need to power their stoves has risen by around 350 percent after Lebanon lifted fuel subsidies.
UNHCR, UNICEF hail Korea’s aid for refugee rehab programs in Iran
South Korea's $2.5 million aid for programs supporting Afghan refugees in Iran has been hailed by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF. Iranian media reports said that South Korea's Ambassador to Iran Yun Kahghyeon on Tuesday signed an agreement of cooperation with the two UN agencies in the...
Austerity, far right: Merkel’s ambivalent legacy
During 16 years in power, she navigated Germany through the 2008 financial turmoil and ensuing eurozone debt crisis, the 2015 refugee influx and then the Covid-19 pandemic.Lebanese army stops boat carrying 90 people off coast
Women and children were among the group intercepted Friday by a navy patrol off the coast of Qalamoun in northern Lebanon, the army says
Cham Wings halts Minsk flights
The airline cited the Belarus-Poland border crisis as a reason.
Despite dangers, Iraqi Kurds crossing borders to reach Europe
About 3,000 Kurds have left the region in the past three months, of whom 1,600 have gone to Belarus on tourist visas, according to the Kurdistan Refugee Association.‘Torture, abuse’ await returning Syrian refugees: HRW
Refugees in Lebanon and Jordan in particular have faced mounting direct and indirect pressure to return to Syria, in violation of the principle of nonrefoulement.
UN urges ceasefire in Yemen’s Marib for ‘safe passage’
The security situation has been particularly difficult in Marib's Abdiya district, where the UN says the movement of aid and some 35,000 people has been "extremely restricted", including for 17,000 "extremely vulnerable" people.
As economy slumps, Turkey turns on migrants
Turkey turned into the home of one of the world's largest migrant populations when it struck a deal with Brussels to help resolve Europe's 2015-16 refugee crisisUAE helps 28,000 flee Afghanistan: official
The UAE and Qatar have been instrumental staging posts for evacuation flights for Western countries' citizens as well as Afghan interpreters, journalists and others‘Complete stop’: New Turkish wall confronts fleeing Afghans
A concrete wall, topped with barbed wire and surrounded by trenches, is being erected along Turkey's border with Iran
Iran, Turkey anticipate refugee crisis as Taliban takes over Kabul
Both already host large refugee populations — 3.6 million Syrians in Turkey and 3.5 million Afghans in Iran
US promises another $155-million humanitarian aid to Iraq
The additional funding from the State Department and the USAID is meant to help “the people of Iraq as well as Iraqi refugees in the region and generous communities hosting them.”UNHCR asks countries to share refugee burden, not externalize it
On the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, UNHCR has urged bigger economies against passing the refugee burden down to smaller countries Developed countries are host to only 15 percent of the world’s refugees The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has urged countries across the world not to...
