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Ex-German Chancellor Wins UN Award For Resettling Syrian Refugees
Pointing to the more than 1.2 million asylum seekers welcomed by Germany in 2015 and 2016, the UNHCR selection committee hailed former Chancellor Angela Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion."
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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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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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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 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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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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Refugees Sat Across Europeans For 4 Minutes. Here's What Happened Next
Can just four minutes of eye contact help people connect better? An experiment conducted by Amnesty International places refugees from Syria and Somalia opposite European citizens from countries like Germany, Poland, Belgium and UK. How they react after looking at each other for four minutes is documented in this video, posted on Facebook on May 25...
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Coverage Of Wars, Terrorism Scoop Pulitzer Prizes
Coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Syria, the ensuing refugee crisis and the rise of the ISIS extremist group won a string of categories in America's Pulitzer Prizes Monday.
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ISIS Exploiting Refugee Crisis To Smuggle Terrorists Into Europe
The dreaded ISIS terror group is exploiting the refugee crisis to smuggle its members into Europe to create sleeper cells, British intelligence agencies have warned.
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UN Refugee Agency Chief Seeks Mass Resettlement Of Syrians
The new chief of the UN refugee agency says the world must find a fairer formula for sharing the burden of Syria's crisis, including resettling tens of thousands of war refugees from overwhelmed regional host countries.
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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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European Union Border Agency Warns of Risks From Fake Passports: Report
The head of the European Union's border agency has said the large number of refugees entering Europe poses a security risk, with civil war making it harder to check the authenticity of Syrian passports.
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Ex-German Chancellor Wins UN Award For Resettling Syrian Refugees
Pointing to the more than 1.2 million asylum seekers welcomed by Germany in 2015 and 2016, the UNHCR selection committee hailed former Chancellor Angela Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion."
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A Syrian Girl Used Tin Cans For Legs. Now She Is Taking Her First Steps
Eight-year-old Maya Merhi, who was born with no legs, had to shuffle around a camp in northern Syria on makeshift limbs fashioned from old tubing and tin cans. Now, she is taking her first tentative steps in Istanbul on prosthetic legs.
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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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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 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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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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Refugees Sat Across Europeans For 4 Minutes. Here's What Happened Next
Can just four minutes of eye contact help people connect better? An experiment conducted by Amnesty International places refugees from Syria and Somalia opposite European citizens from countries like Germany, Poland, Belgium and UK. How they react after looking at each other for four minutes is documented in this video, posted on Facebook on May 25...
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Coverage Of Wars, Terrorism Scoop Pulitzer Prizes
Coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Syria, the ensuing refugee crisis and the rise of the ISIS extremist group won a string of categories in America's Pulitzer Prizes Monday.
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ISIS Exploiting Refugee Crisis To Smuggle Terrorists Into Europe
The dreaded ISIS terror group is exploiting the refugee crisis to smuggle its members into Europe to create sleeper cells, British intelligence agencies have warned.
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UN Refugee Agency Chief Seeks Mass Resettlement Of Syrians
The new chief of the UN refugee agency says the world must find a fairer formula for sharing the burden of Syria's crisis, including resettling tens of thousands of war refugees from overwhelmed regional host countries.
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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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European Union Border Agency Warns of Risks From Fake Passports: Report
The head of the European Union's border agency has said the large number of refugees entering Europe poses a security risk, with civil war making it harder to check the authenticity of Syrian passports.
