Syrian refugees' misery fuels desperation to reach Europe
DEIR ZANOUN, Lebanon (AP) -- Both women fled Syria after their normal lives were destroyed in the country's civil war. Both are desperate to start a new life and see Europe as their best hope. But...
View ArticleJordan: Deporting Sudanese Asylum Seekers (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Amman) - Jordanian authorities on December 16, 2015, detained and said they will deport about 800 Sudanese asylum seekers back to Sudan. The vast majority of...
View ArticleEasy Prey: Criminal Violence and Central American Migration (International...
(Source: International Crisis Group) Executive Summary Massive deportations from Mexico and the U.S. have failed to stem the tide of Central Americans fleeing endemic poverty combined with epidemic...
View ArticleREGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
17 October 2017 Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing attended by the spokespersons for the International Organization for Migration,...
View ArticleSyrian refugees: 4 million people forced to flee as crisis deepens
Largest exodus from a single conflict in a generation places humanitarian system under increasing financial strain...
View ArticleWFP Forced To Make Deeper Cuts In Food Assistance For Syrian Refugees Due To...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced to implement deeper cuts in food assistance for vulnerable Syrian refugees in Lebanon and...
View ArticleJordan homestays embrace sustainable tourism
As the muezzin's early morning call to prayer echoes around the narrow, dusty streets of Orjan, Mohamad Dwekat and his wife, Maysoon, begin their day. Here in the Al Ayoun region of Jordan, about an...
View ArticleWFP to cut food aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it will halve the value of food vouchers for Syrian refugees in Lebanon in July and may halt such aid for those in Jordan the following month due to a funding...
View ArticleUN Agencies Deliver Urgent Relief To People Stranded At Syria-Jordan Border...
(Source: WFP - World Food Programme) AMMAN - World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Ertharin Cousin, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi, UNICEF Executive...
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