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Over 50 Migrants Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Lebanon Coast
Lebanon on Sunday rescued more than 50 people, mostly Syrians, from a sinking migrant boat off the country's north coast, the army said.
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77 Migrants Dead After Ship Leaving Lebanon Capsizes Off Syria Coast
At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.
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"Go Home, She Won't Come," Husband Was Told After New Zealand Shooting
A total of 50 people were killed in the rampage, with as many wounded, as the gunman went from Al Noor to another mosque in the South Island city. Most victims were migrants or refugees from countries including Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Syria, Turkey, Somalia and Afghanistan.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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'Let Them Die In A Bombing': Kerala Families Whose Members Joined ISIS
The aspiring jihadists began leaving here quietly in May, slipping away in twos and threes to avoid suspicion.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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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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Calais Migrants Fear Violence As France Preps To Demolish 'Jungle' Camps
More than 8,000 refugees, many of whom have walked thousands of kilometres to escape from war-torn countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan are lodging in the French port town of Calais before they can cross over to Britain, about 33 km away, via the English tunnel. But chances of a violent confrontation with the French authorities are building ...
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US Will Welcome Target Of 10,000 Syria Refugees: John Kerry
The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday.
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Migrant Group Says 3,400 Dead or Missing So Far This Year
More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year - over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by sea, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Coming Together: Refugee Chefs to Cook Up Parisian Feast
Ten Parisian restaurants are to open their kitchens to refugee chefs from Syria to Sri Lanka as part of a new festival aimed at "changing attitudes" to migrants.
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The Odyssey That Ended With A Muslim Family In Rome As Papal Guests
They left war-ravaged Syria, family and friends behind them. France was where they were aiming for. A Greek island was where they ended up.
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Thousands May Have Starved To Death In Besieged Syrian Areas: UN Rights Chief
The UN human rights chief on Monday warned that thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in Syria.
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Across Europe, Gay Migrants Face Abuse In Asylum Shelters
Alaa Ammar fled Syria to escape not just civil war but also the threat of persecution as a gay man. Yet when he arrived in The Netherlands last spring, he did not find the safe haven he craved.
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EU Leaders Demand Russia, Assad Halt Attacks On Rebels: Draft
EU leaders will demand at a summit that Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its long-term ally, immediately halt attacks on moderate opposition groups and bolster peace efforts, a draft document said today.
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Over 50 Migrants Rescued From Sinking Boat Off Lebanon Coast
Lebanon on Sunday rescued more than 50 people, mostly Syrians, from a sinking migrant boat off the country's north coast, the army said.
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77 Migrants Dead After Ship Leaving Lebanon Capsizes Off Syria Coast
At least 77 migrants drowned when a boat they boarded in Lebanon sank off Syria's coast, Syria's health minister said Friday, in one of the deadliest such shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.
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"Go Home, She Won't Come," Husband Was Told After New Zealand Shooting
A total of 50 people were killed in the rampage, with as many wounded, as the gunman went from Al Noor to another mosque in the South Island city. Most victims were migrants or refugees from countries including Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Syria, Turkey, Somalia and Afghanistan.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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'Let Them Die In A Bombing': Kerala Families Whose Members Joined ISIS
The aspiring jihadists began leaving here quietly in May, slipping away in twos and threes to avoid suspicion.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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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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Calais Migrants Fear Violence As France Preps To Demolish 'Jungle' Camps
More than 8,000 refugees, many of whom have walked thousands of kilometres to escape from war-torn countries like Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan are lodging in the French port town of Calais before they can cross over to Britain, about 33 km away, via the English tunnel. But chances of a violent confrontation with the French authorities are building ...
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US Will Welcome Target Of 10,000 Syria Refugees: John Kerry
The United States will welcome 10,000 Syrian refugees this fiscal year as promised by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State John Kerry announced Tuesday.
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Migrant Group Says 3,400 Dead or Missing So Far This Year
More than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in the first five months of the year - over 80 percent of them trying to reach Europe by sea, the International Organization for Migration said Wednesday.
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Coming Together: Refugee Chefs to Cook Up Parisian Feast
Ten Parisian restaurants are to open their kitchens to refugee chefs from Syria to Sri Lanka as part of a new festival aimed at "changing attitudes" to migrants.
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The Odyssey That Ended With A Muslim Family In Rome As Papal Guests
They left war-ravaged Syria, family and friends behind them. France was where they were aiming for. A Greek island was where they ended up.
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Thousands May Have Starved To Death In Besieged Syrian Areas: UN Rights Chief
The UN human rights chief on Monday warned that thousands may have died of starvation during sieges affecting nearly half a million people in Syria.
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Across Europe, Gay Migrants Face Abuse In Asylum Shelters
Alaa Ammar fled Syria to escape not just civil war but also the threat of persecution as a gay man. Yet when he arrived in The Netherlands last spring, he did not find the safe haven he craved.
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EU Leaders Demand Russia, Assad Halt Attacks On Rebels: Draft
EU leaders will demand at a summit that Russia and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, its long-term ally, immediately halt attacks on moderate opposition groups and bolster peace efforts, a draft document said today.
