SOURCE: RELIEF WEB The failure of international donors to meet the UN’s funding target for Syrian refugees will put the lives of millions of children at risk over the coming year. The $5bn shortfall will impact not only upon Syrian refugees themselves but also on the host communities in which they now live. New research … Continued
SOURCE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL A year ago tomorrow President Trump signed an executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States and temporarily banning all refugees. Naureen Shah, senior director of campaigns at Amnesty International USA, released the following statement: “The Muslim ban was the first devastating sign that President Trump was … Continued
SOURCE: UNHCR UNHCR is distraught by the death of 13 Syrians – including children, women and men – near the Masnaa border in eastern Lebanon during a storm Thursday night (18 to 19 January) while they were attempting to enter Lebanese territory by taking a smuggling route. The victims were trying to cross an arduous and rugged passage … Continued
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Amin Awad – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. SOURCE: UNHCR The Syria crisis has been going on for seven years. 5.3 million people are displaced beyond Syria’s borders. Another seven million internally displaced people … Continued
SOURCE: UNHCR A study commissioned by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, into sexual violence against men and boys in the Syria crisis indicates that this violence may be far more widespread than previously understood. UNHCR’s study involved several dozen informants and focus group discussions with some 196 refugees in Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan and mainly … Continued
They got a new lease on a new life. SOURCE: THE BROOKLYN PAPER BY: JULIANNE MCSHANE A Syrian refugee family who made it into the U.S. while President Trump’s travel ban was blocked by the courts is starting a new life in Bay Ridge with the help of a local organization that helps immigrants. The … Continued
Trump’s immigration crackdown is about more than race and religion – it is ripping up families across Midwest, say rights groups. SOURCE: MIDDLE EAST EYE BY: JAMES REINL NEW YORK, United States – It is not the Thanksgiving that Fatiha Elgharib had hoped for. As millions of Americans chow down on turkey with loved ones on Thursday, … Continued
SOURCE: PBS. ORG BY: LARISA EPATKO Mays Kalo missed her younger sister’s wedding in Dubai a few weeks ago. As an asylee in the United States, she does not yet have documentation to travel outside the country. A guest connected her via Skype so she could watch the wedding on her phone. For five hours, … Continued
SOURCE: THE BROOKLYN PAPER BY: JULIANNE MCSHANE They got a new lease on a new life. A Syrian refugee family who made it into the U.S. while President Trump’s travel ban was blocked by the courts is starting a new life in Bay Ridge with the help of a local organization that helps immigrants. The … Continued
SOURCE: ABC NEWS BY: ANWA NAWAZ AND ALYSSA LAPERTOSA Watch the video here Lena Arkawi wakes up every day to photos of dead children on her phone. She’s part of a network of American activists working to help the people of Syria, but this job comes with the frustration of knowing she cannot help everyone … Continued
SOURCE: REUTERS BY: YEGANEH TORBATI, MIKA ROSENBERG WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration will temporarily delay processing of most refugees from 11 countries identified as high-risk, while resuming refugee admissions for other countries, government officials said on Tuesday. Most of the affected countries are in the Middle East and Africa, according to documents seen … Continued
SOURCE: REUTERS BY: DAHLIA NEHME BAR ELIAS, Lebanon (Reuters) – A new girls’ school for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s poor Bekaa region is aiming to give girls from conservative backgrounds the chance at a formal education. Gaining access to education in general is difficult for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, but for girls from socially conservative … Continued
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