President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey may have to open the route for refugees into Europe if Ankara does not receive sufficient international support to deal with Syrian refugees. In
Two aides of Lebanese minister shot dead as convoy hit by gunfire
Two people who were accompanying Lebanon’s Minister of State for Refugee Affairs Saleh al-Gharib have been killed when gunmen opened fire on their convoy in the governorate of Mount Lebanon,
What’s the story behind the hashtag demanding the Lebanese FM’s dismissal?
Lebanese Twitter users are demanding the dismissal of the country’s foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, following a series of what they called “racist tweets” against Syrian refugees on
Tension forces evacuation of Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon
Dozens of Syrian refugees dismantled their tents, filled trucks with belongings and left a camp they lived in for years in eastern Lebanon on Sunday after local authorities ordered them to evacuate in
The UN said on Friday it had evacuated 163 refugees from war-ravaged Libya to neighboring Niger, but more than 3,000 others were still trapped in detention centers affected by clashes.The move marked
Australia open to the return of ISIS militant’s orphaned children
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Friday he was open to allowing the return of orphaned children of an Australian militant in a Syrian refugee camp following their desperate plea for help. Morrison
UN urges Damascus to grant it full access to returnees
The United Nation’s refugee agency said Saturday it has urged Syria’s government to allow it access to all parts of the war-torn country where externally displaced people have returned.
Official: Baby of UK-born ISIS bride dies in Syria
The newborn son of UK-born teenager Shamima Begum who left her London home to join ISIS in Syria died Friday in a refugee camp, an official said. Mustafa Bali, a spokesman for the Syrian Democratic
Belgium wins appeal on repatriation of children from Syria
Belgium won an appeal Wednesday against a ruling ordering it to repatriate six children of Belgian militants living in a refugee camp with their mothers in Syria. “The Brussels appeals court
Russia and Syria say US forces are on Syrian territory ‘illegally’
Russia and Syria issued a joint statement on Wednesday calling on US forces to leave Syria and to allow people inside a refugee camp southeast of the country to be evacuated by Russian and Syrian
Lebanon tells EU it will encourage Syrians to return
Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun has told EU Foreign Policy Chief Frederica Mogherini that Beirut will continue to work for the return of Syrian refugees to safe areas in their war-torn country
Saudi Arabia pledges $50 mln to UN Palestinian refugee agency
Saudi Arabia pledged $50 million in aid on Wednesday to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which has been hit by the withdrawal of all US funding. The announcement was made at a news
UN aid trucks reach Rukban refugee camp in Syria, says local source
A United Nations aid convoy on Saturday reached the Rukban refugee camp in Syria, next to the border with Jordan, where thousands of people are stranded in the desert, a member of the camp’s
Child drowns after boat carrying Syrian refugees sinks off Lebanon
A boat with around three dozen Syrian refugees on board sank off the coast of Lebanon on Saturday and most were rescued by the Lebanese army but at least one child drowned, security sources said.
Thousands of UN employees in Gaza protest job cuts
Thousands of employees of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees protested in Gaza on Wednesday against forced redundancies as a result of US funding cuts, announcing a one-day strike next
Pakistan’s Imran Khan to give some Afghans, Bengalis citizenship
Pakistan’s new premier Imran Khan has vowed to give citizenship to some Afghan refugees and Bengali immigrants, officials confirmed Monday, granting rights to many who have lived in the country
Turkey’s Erdogan hopes Tehran summit will avert Idlib offensive
Turkey hopes a summit with Iranian and Russian leaders in Tehran on Friday will avert a Syrian government offensive on the rebel-held Idlib enclave and prevent a new influx of refugees to Turkey,
UN: Smugglers taking greater risks to cross Mediterranean and reach Europe
The U.N. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry their human cargo toward Europe as Libya"s coast guard intercepts more and more boats carrying migrants, increasing the
The United States is halting its funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees after determining that the organization is “irredeemably flawed,” the State
Jordan says it cannot host more Syria refugees, backs their voluntary return home
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Monday his country has exceeded its capacity to host refugees from Syria and is backing their voluntary return home.Amman estimates that it has taken in
How the Rohingya marked ‘black day’ anniversary of Myanmar violence
Rohingya refugees on Saturday marked the anniversary of a deadly military crackdown in their Myanmar homeland that drove 700,000 of the persecuted minority into Bangladesh, stateless and confronting a
Russia’s foreign minister on Monday accused the UN of hampering the reconstruction of war-torn Syria, as the Moscow-backed Syrian regime calls on refugees to return to the country. Sergei Lavrov
Hundreds of UN-run schools for Palestinian refugees will open on time after fresh funding temporarily staved off a financial crisis triggered by a US contributions freeze, the United Nations said on
Despite opposition from left and right, France adopts law on asylum, immigration
France’s parliament Wednesday signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill -- despite opposition on the left, which decried an effort to limit arrivals while the far right saw the
Russia sends Syrian refugee proposal to US after Trump summit
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Friday it had sent a proposal to Washington to jointly organize the return home of Syrian refugees after agreements reached by President Vladimir Putin and his
Yemeni refugees in South Korea speak to Al Arabiya English on asylum struggles
Human rights groups in the South Korean island of Jeju are facing a major crisis as they struggle to provide aid to the more than 500 Yemeni asylum seekers who have traveled to the island. While some
EU struggles with migration rift at tense summit, agrees to asylum processing
European Union leaders agreed on Friday to set up joint asylum processing sites and restrict migrants’ moves with the bloc, responding to concerns from Rome and Berlin at a hard-fought summit.
In election victory speech, Erdogan says Turkey will advance in Syria
Turkey will continue to "liberate Syrian lands" so that refugees can return to Syria safely, President Tayyip Erdogan said in an election victory speech on Monday. Speaking to
IN PHOTOS: World Refugee Day in the wake of Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance’ policy
On Wednesday in New York City, a surprisingly small crowd marched through midtown toward the United Nations building in support of refugees around the world. Despite new data from the UNHCR showing
US-led coalition denies report on Syria strike deaths
Syrian state television said on Monday an airstrike by a US-led coalition had killed 18 Iraqi refugees at a school in eastern Syria, but the coalition denied it.The state television report said the
Iraqi official tells Al Arabiya how they extradited murderer of German teen
New details have emerged in the murder and rape crime of a German teenager by a suspected failed Iraqi Kurdish asylum seeker, who was extradited back to Germany on Saturday from Erbil to face trial.
Report: Women seen linked to militants badly treated in Iraqi camps
Women believed to have links to ISIS suffer “harrowing” sexual exploitation and discrimination in Iraq’s refugee camps, a leading rights group said on Tuesday.Female-led households
‘Race against the clock’ to bolster Rohingya camps against rains
Mohammad Rafiq was sitting in the shade of a tree, on a break from working to make his refugee camp in Bangladesh safer from the upcoming monsoon, when the hill above suddenly collapsed. “I was
Despite UN warning, first Rohingya family repatriated from Bangladesh to Myanmar
Myanmar’s government said it repatriated on Saturday the first family of Rohingya out of some 700,000 refugees who fled to Bangladesh to escape a brutal military campaign, despite UN warnings
Love of Korean pop links UK teenagers with Palestinian refugees
The sugary pop songs of South Korean groups BTS, EXO and BlackPink might be sung in Korean but it has not stopped Palestinian refugee teenager Tasnim from being an avid fan from her home in war-torn
Al Arabiya will host a special panel on “Reconnecting Refugees” at the World Economic Forum in Davos which will be moderated by Senior Political Anchor Mayssoun Azzam. The session will
Rohingya deal aims to repatriate refugees in Bangladesh ‘within two years’
Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed to repatriate Rohingya displaced by an army crackdown “within two years”, Dhaka said Tuesday, outlining the first clear timeline for a return of hundreds
Samantha Cameron visits Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon
Since the time of the Civil War, Lebanon has been suffering at the hands of the Syrian regime. Owing to a lack of patriotism on the part of several political players, Syria has been able to create
