View As coronavirus sweeps Europe, unaccompanied refugee children are becoming more vulnerable ǀ View As an American expat mother and volunteer working with refugee families, I didn’t think the situation for mother and child refugees could get much worse in Europe, but indeed it has. 04/05/2020
View COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against refugees with disabilities. Neither should our response ǀ View Security Council members vowed to do their best to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities were part in the humanitarian response in Syria and beyond. Now that the world is trying to defeat COVID-19, here’s your chance to make good on that promise. 10/04/2020
View Gunshots, summary trials, deportations: the reality for refugees in the EU-Turkey stand-off ǀ View Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cynical move to open his western EU borders to allow refugees and migrants to leave - while keeping his southern border to Syria shut to asylum seekers desperate to escape the onslaught there - poses an enormous challenge to Greece and the European Union. 05/03/2020
View A EU-Turkey trade pact is a better solution to deal with the Syrian refugee crisis than aid ǀ View The EU could pursue a track focused on mutual economic benefits, creating attractive trade incentive programs in exchange for Turkey continuing its difficult task. Direct aid is helpful, but perhaps the most sustainable and realistic approach is for Europe to set a new higher mutual trade volume. 25/02/2020
no comment Nearly 300,000 displaced from Idlib by Syrian government bombardment Weeks of intensive aerial bombardment has sent huge numbers fleeing northwards closer to the Turkish border. 04/02/2020
France Europe’s problem with jihad: Foreign fighters who tore families apart Europe’s problem with jihad, and the shocking aftermath of the mass recruitment of European’s to ISIS, is far from solved. 23/09/2019
View The UK’s harsh stance on refugees is hypocritical ǀ View Toxic attitudes to refugees and migrants across our country have steadily been on the rise since the Brexit referendum, while our European neighbours are putting us to shame in welcoming refugees in large numbers. 20/06/2019
Good Morning Europe NGOs slam European Union over treatment of Syrian refugees In an open letter to European leaders, 25 NGOs have accused the Union of trapping refugees in “unsustainable, ineffective and dangerous” conditions. 18/03/2019
Syria Homesick artist fills artworks with scents from Syria Syrian artist Sara Naim is in exile in Paris. Although she cannot go back to her home country, she incorporates its scents in her art with the help of olive oil soap bars. 03/03/2019
Belgium Belgian councillor arrested on suspicion of selling humanitarian visas Belgian police have arrested a city councillor on suspicion of selling humanitarian visas to refugees 17/01/2019
Syria ‘They took our children, our blood and now our property’ Human Rights Watch says the Syrian government is using a controversial new property law to prevent displaced residents returning to their homes in former rebel-held areas. 17/10/2018
USA Syria 'ready' for refugees to return, says Foreign Minister Syria says it's ready for the voluntary return of refugees and is appealing for help to rebuild the country devastated by a more than seven-year long war. 29/09/2018
Cyprus Cyprus struggles with increased influx of asylum seekers More than 140 refugees arrived in just four days from September 1 to 4, in what the Cypriot government said was a significant spike in irregular immigration. 09/09/2018
Good Morning Europe Syrian conflict: Civilians in Idlib left with few options as government attack looms After days of shelling and bombing in Syria’s Idlib province, Bashar al-Assad’s forces are amassing on the frontlines of the conflict– and time is running out for civilians to leave the area. 06/09/2018
Cinema Game of Thrones actor highlight plight of Syrian refugees Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham was reunited with a young syrian refugee he first befriended in Jordan in 2016 26/07/2018
Turkey What does the Turkish election mean for Turks and the world? Turkey's freshly elected President Erdogan has just fufiled his dream with executive prsidency. But what does it mean for Turkey's war in Syria, its slumping economy, and the Kurds? 25/06/2018
Europe News Syrian refugee who risked his life to teach dance Ahmad defied Islamic State militants' threats to kill him if he did not stop teaching children dance 21/06/2018
View I'm an activist, a mother, a student and a Syrian | View After fleeing her home, Amal Nasr found asylum in Switzerland. The women's rights activist and PhD student has opened a school with her husband that provides free lessons to Syrian children, with dreams of being reunited with her own daughter who remains in Syria. 20/06/2018
France From refugee to sole survivor - How one Syrian has become shoemaker to With Hollwood falling in love with his upmarket sneakers, in less than four years Daniel Essa has established himself as a name to watch in the fashion world. 08/06/2018
