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Medecins Sans Frontieres rejects EU funds over 'Europe's refugee shame'

In protest at the European Union’s deal with Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it will reject all funding from the EU and its member…

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Medecins Sans Frontieres rejects EU funds over 'Europe's refugee shame'

In protest at the European Union’s deal with Turkey aimed at stemming the flow of migrants and refugees, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it will reject all funding from the EU and its member…

World

The Greek refugee puzzle

Our aim is to assist these people and make sure they live with dignity while they are in Greece

France

Syria: Damascus suburb Daraya bombed after aid delivery

Barrel bombs have reportedly hit Daraya in Syria after desperately needed food aid reached the besieged town for the first time in four…

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Syria approves UN humanitarian aid deliveries to 19 besieged towns

The United Nations special envoy for Syria says an operation to deliver aid to 19 besieged and hard-to-reach Syrian towns has been approved by the government in…

Cult

Top sounds from Africa resurrected on 'Beating Heart - Malawi'

A new charity album is giving a new lease of life to decades old African music.

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Fleeing Fallujah

Residents trapped inside the ISIL held city of Fallujah continued to flee their homes on Saturday (4 June), heading to safe areas.

Syria

Russia concerned about safety of workers delivering UN aid to Syria

The United Nations is finalising plans to airlift humanitarian aid to 19 besieged towns in Syria but Russia has expressed concern about the safety of aid workers, according to a senior UN…

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Syria: Pressure grows for air drops of humanitarian aid to besieged areas

The first humanitarian aid convoy in four years has entered the rebel-held Syrian town of Darayya near Damascus, besieged by government…

Economy

Humanitarian Summit spotlight on the economics of aid

With tens of millions of people displaced from their homes and even their countries, the practicalities of the refugee crisis have been in focus at the UN organised Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul.

Turkey

Humanitarian Summit seeks solutions in Istanbul

The World Humanitarian Summit, the first of its kind,is taking place in Istanbul.

World

Emergency response: inside Ecuador's disaster zones

World

Fixing the world's humanitarian crises

Efi Koutsokosta, euronews: “The world is suffering its worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War.

Greece

Children of Idomeni: Lessons and laughter amid migrant misery

It is a daily struggle for survival at Idomeni. Living in filth and exposed to the elements, at least 10,000 migrants and refugees remain stuck at

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Euronews on Ecuador after the earthquake

Euronews reporter Monica Pinna visits Ecuador after the earthquake hit the country on April 16. The city of Manta in the central area was hardest

Republic of Ecuador

Securing shelters in the earthquake hit provinces of Ecuador

Ecuador’s earthquake hit provinces have become the centre of national and international aid. The city of Manta in the central area was hardest hit

Lebanon

The plight of Syrian refugees born in Lebanon and who could become stateless

Born stateless, nowhere they can truely call home. Fifty thousand Syrians have been born without papers in Lebanon according to the United Nations

Syria

Aid lifeline at risk for millions in Syria

NGOs and Aid agencies say up to a quarter of a million people are trapped in Aleppo and that the aid lifeline that delivers supplies to them and

World

Turkey: e-Food cards for refugees

The scale of the Syrian refugee crisis means the corresponding aid effort has been immense. Turkey is bearing an immense burden, but while no-one is starving thanks to local and international efforts,

Republic of Ecuador

Quake struck Ecuador grateful for solidarity and aid

Aid is continues to arrive in quake struck Ecuador.