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UN Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians To Return In First 6 Months Of 2025
A U.N. refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking states to refrain from forcing them to do so.
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4 Syrians Found Frozen To Death In Eastern Lebanon
Four Syrians, two women and two children, were found dead on Friday in eastern Lebanon after having gone missing, the governor of Lebanon's Baalbek and Hermel region tweeted.
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15 Syrians, Fleeing, Died On Mountain. Girl Was Found Alive. Who Was She?
The mountain range that forms a natural boundary between Syria and Lebanon has long served also as a wartime conduit for people who cannot travel legally - the gunrunners, the rebels, the dissidents and the ordinary citizens who just want to escape.
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These Afghans Fled To Germany For A Safer, Better Life - Now They've Been Sent Back
Three men slumped on their cots in a clean but cramped dormitory room. They looked glum and shellshocked, as if they had suddenly found themselves in a forbidding foreign place.
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Japan Backs Off Pregnancy Clause For Syria Refugees
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria promised Wednesday to remove language from documents which implied that pregnant women are not welcome to apply.
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Japan Hit Over Pregnancy Clause In Syria Refugee Programme
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.
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Syrian Girls Flee War Only To Become Mothers In Jordan Camp
In a crowded maternity clinic at a refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border, Elhem cradled her crying 11-month-old son, bounced him on her knee and then handed him to her mother to help calm him down.
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Fewer Than Half Of All Refugee Children In School: UN
Fewer than half of the world's some six million refugee children are in school, making them five times less likely to get an education than the global average, the UN warned today.
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70 Per Cent Of Syria Refugees In Lebanon Live In 'Extreme Poverty': UN
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published today, up nearly 50 percent from last year.
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Canada Anxious Over Possible Backlash Against Syrian Refugees
The Canadian government is concerned about a possible backlash against plans to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, especially if the public thinks the newcomers were being "pampered", a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
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Canada to Turn Away Single Male Syrian Refugees
Canada will accept only whole families, lone women or children in its mass resettlement of Syrian refugees while unaccompanied men -- considered a security risk -- will be turned away, it emerged Monday.
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Barack Obama Would Veto Bill Toughening Syria Refugee Checks: White House
President Barack Obama would veto a Republican bill introduced in the wake of the Paris attacks to toughen the screening process for Syrian refugees, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Angela Merkel Backs Her Interior Minister After Refugee Row
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere retains the confidence of Chancellor Angela Merkel, a government spokesman said today, after a spat within her cabinet over whether to limit the asylum rights of refugees from Syria.
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Migrants Told 'Be Patient' as Entry to Croatia Slows
Two Syrian sisters hold up a sign on an improvised board made of pink rubber - an attempt to keep fellow refugees calm as they wait in long, slow-moving queues at the Serbia-Croatia border.
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Dutch Prime Minister Slams 'Cowardly' Attack on Refugee Shelter
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has sharply condemned a "cowardly" attack on a refugee shelter, vowing to deal harshly with a group of men who sprayed the building with fireworks and eggs.
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UN Agency Expects 1 Million Syrians To Return In First 6 Months Of 2025
A U.N. refugee agency official said on Tuesday that some 1 million Syrian refugees are expected to return to the country in the first six months of 2025, asking states to refrain from forcing them to do so.
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4 Syrians Found Frozen To Death In Eastern Lebanon
Four Syrians, two women and two children, were found dead on Friday in eastern Lebanon after having gone missing, the governor of Lebanon's Baalbek and Hermel region tweeted.
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15 Syrians, Fleeing, Died On Mountain. Girl Was Found Alive. Who Was She?
The mountain range that forms a natural boundary between Syria and Lebanon has long served also as a wartime conduit for people who cannot travel legally - the gunrunners, the rebels, the dissidents and the ordinary citizens who just want to escape.
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These Afghans Fled To Germany For A Safer, Better Life - Now They've Been Sent Back
Three men slumped on their cots in a clean but cramped dormitory room. They looked glum and shellshocked, as if they had suddenly found themselves in a forbidding foreign place.
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Japan Backs Off Pregnancy Clause For Syria Refugees
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria promised Wednesday to remove language from documents which implied that pregnant women are not welcome to apply.
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Japan Hit Over Pregnancy Clause In Syria Refugee Programme
A Japanese programme aimed at accepting a small number of refugees from war-torn Syria is under fire for implying that pregnant women are not welcome.
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Syrian Girls Flee War Only To Become Mothers In Jordan Camp
In a crowded maternity clinic at a refugee camp in Jordan near the Syrian border, Elhem cradled her crying 11-month-old son, bounced him on her knee and then handed him to her mother to help calm him down.
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Fewer Than Half Of All Refugee Children In School: UN
Fewer than half of the world's some six million refugee children are in school, making them five times less likely to get an education than the global average, the UN warned today.
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70 Per Cent Of Syria Refugees In Lebanon Live In 'Extreme Poverty': UN
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published today, up nearly 50 percent from last year.
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Canada Anxious Over Possible Backlash Against Syrian Refugees
The Canadian government is concerned about a possible backlash against plans to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada, especially if the public thinks the newcomers were being "pampered", a cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
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Canada to Turn Away Single Male Syrian Refugees
Canada will accept only whole families, lone women or children in its mass resettlement of Syrian refugees while unaccompanied men -- considered a security risk -- will be turned away, it emerged Monday.
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Barack Obama Would Veto Bill Toughening Syria Refugee Checks: White House
President Barack Obama would veto a Republican bill introduced in the wake of the Paris attacks to toughen the screening process for Syrian refugees, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Angela Merkel Backs Her Interior Minister After Refugee Row
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere retains the confidence of Chancellor Angela Merkel, a government spokesman said today, after a spat within her cabinet over whether to limit the asylum rights of refugees from Syria.
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Migrants Told 'Be Patient' as Entry to Croatia Slows
Two Syrian sisters hold up a sign on an improvised board made of pink rubber - an attempt to keep fellow refugees calm as they wait in long, slow-moving queues at the Serbia-Croatia border.
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Dutch Prime Minister Slams 'Cowardly' Attack on Refugee Shelter
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has sharply condemned a "cowardly" attack on a refugee shelter, vowing to deal harshly with a group of men who sprayed the building with fireworks and eggs.
