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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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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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Pope Urges United Response To Refugee 'Drama', Hopeful For Syria
Pope Francis called today for a united response to help flows of people into Europe fleeing war and suffering, as the region argues over sharing the burden of looking after them.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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Turkey Sends In Aid For Stranded Syrian Refugees
Turkish humanitarian groups set up camps in Syria and sent in truckloads of aid Monday for tens of thousands of people stranded on the border after fleeing a Russia-backed regime offensive on the northern region of Aleppo.
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Gay Syrian Refugee's Hope Of New Life Tested By Dutch Camps
Omar had long dreamt of escaping discrimination in Syria, and drawn by exuberant images of the Gay Pride march in Amsterdam he hoped to find a new life in the Dutch city after fleeing war at home.
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Britain May Take In Unaccompanied Children Fleeing Syria
Britain might take in refugee children who have been displaced by the war in Syria and have travelled to other countries in Europe, a government minister said on Sunday.
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Few Russian Strikes In Syria Are Against ISIS, Says US Official
Only a third of Russia's air strikes in Syria are targeting ISIS and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fuelling Europe's refugee crisis, a senior US official said on Saturday.
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Over 1 Million Reach Europe By Sea In 2015: UN
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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US White House Hopeful Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees to Rabid Dogs
US Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on Thursday compared refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and Islamic State extremists to rabid dogs.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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New US House Bill Would Tighten Refugee Vetting
The House of Representatives could vote as early as Thursday on new legislation that requires stricter vetting for refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and seeking to settle in the United States.
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Over 700,000 Migrants Reached Europe's Shores in 2015: United Nations
Some 562,355 people desperately fleeing war and misery reached Greece's shores, while around 140,000 arrived in Italy this year.
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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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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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Pope Urges United Response To Refugee 'Drama', Hopeful For Syria
Pope Francis called today for a united response to help flows of people into Europe fleeing war and suffering, as the region argues over sharing the burden of looking after them.
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Camps Full As Tens Of Thousands Flee Regime In Syria's Aleppo
Camps for the displaced along Syria's border with Turkey are at full capacity, aid workers say, as tens of thousands flee a major government offensive in Aleppo province.
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Turkey Sends In Aid For Stranded Syrian Refugees
Turkish humanitarian groups set up camps in Syria and sent in truckloads of aid Monday for tens of thousands of people stranded on the border after fleeing a Russia-backed regime offensive on the northern region of Aleppo.
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Gay Syrian Refugee's Hope Of New Life Tested By Dutch Camps
Omar had long dreamt of escaping discrimination in Syria, and drawn by exuberant images of the Gay Pride march in Amsterdam he hoped to find a new life in the Dutch city after fleeing war at home.
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Britain May Take In Unaccompanied Children Fleeing Syria
Britain might take in refugee children who have been displaced by the war in Syria and have travelled to other countries in Europe, a government minister said on Sunday.
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Few Russian Strikes In Syria Are Against ISIS, Says US Official
Only a third of Russia's air strikes in Syria are targeting ISIS and its imprecise attacks are forcing the population to flee, fuelling Europe's refugee crisis, a senior US official said on Saturday.
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Over 1 Million Reach Europe By Sea In 2015: UN
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.
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Not All Syrians In Turkey 'Dying To Go To Europe'
Mohammed, 22, has lived in Turkey for four years since fleeing Syria, just months after the civil war erupted that has torn his homeland apart.
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US White House Hopeful Ben Carson Compares Syrian Refugees to Rabid Dogs
US Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson on Thursday compared refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and Islamic State extremists to rabid dogs.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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New US House Bill Would Tighten Refugee Vetting
The House of Representatives could vote as early as Thursday on new legislation that requires stricter vetting for refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and seeking to settle in the United States.
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Over 700,000 Migrants Reached Europe's Shores in 2015: United Nations
Some 562,355 people desperately fleeing war and misery reached Greece's shores, while around 140,000 arrived in Italy this year.
