President Bashar Assad has traveled to Moscow in his first known trip abroad since war broke out in Syria in 2011, meeting his strongest ally, Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The two leaders stressed that military operations in Syria — in which Moscow is the latest […]
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Up to a million refugees and migrants may be heading to Germany this year, but Sweden takes in the highest number of refugees, per capita in Europe.
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A record 522,134 refugees and migrants have landed in Europe by sea so far this year, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned a solution to Europe’s refugee crisis is still a long way off.
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While migrants scuffled with police at a transit camp in Croatia, nations in southeast Europe scolded and threatened each other Tuesday as the unrelenting flow of asylum-seekers raised diplomatic tensions to a boiling point.
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Declaring a state of emergency, Hungary sealed off its southern border with Serbia on Tuesday and detained those trying to enter illegally, aiming to shut down the flow of migrants pouring in.
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President Barack Obama has directed his administration to accept at least 10,000 Syrian refugees in the next fiscal year as European countries struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa, White House spokesperson Josh Earnest announced Thursday.
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As refugees and migrants continue to stream into Europe at unprecedented rates — many having done so after long, often perilous journeys from war-torn Syria and Afghanistan — the European Commission on Wednesday announced a proposal to resettle another 120,000 refugees across member countries, following […]
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A Hungarian camerawoman for an ultranationalist online TV channel has been fired after reporters filmed her kicking and tripping migrants as they fled from police.
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The U.S. is vowing to help its European allies with an escalating migrant crisis. In two meetings behind closed doors, Secretary of State John Kerry plans to brief congressional lawmakers on how many more Syrian refugees the administration is willing to take in.
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A 22-year-old song mocking neo-Nazis has reached the top of Germany’s single charts in response to far-right attacks on migrants in the country.
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Germany and Sweden called Tuesday for fellow European Union countries to accept a system of quotas to ensure a fair distribution of refugees across all 28 member states, with no maximum limit on the overall number the bloc will receive.
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Migrants have been in the news a lot lately. So have refugees. Quite often, they’re being referred to in the same news story. Here’s why that is.
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As government and militia groups continue to battle the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, it is the civilians who are most affected by the terror of militant groups.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on “a moving, in some parts breathtaking, weekend behind us,” said on Monday that all EU countries should help to accommodate the human tide of Arabs, Asians, and Africans seeking refuge from war and poverty.
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Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain will accept more refugees from Syria. After holding talks with Spain’s Prime Minister, Cameron said the UK will take in thousands more from UN-run camps.
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A Syrian woman and her two young sons who drowned on a desperate voyage from Turkey to Greece were buried Friday in their hometown of Kobani, returning to the conflict-torn Syrian Kurdish region they had fled.
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The U.N. refugee agency said the United Kingdom would take a further 4,000 Syrian refugees from camps in the Middle East fleeing from their country’s war.
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Hundreds of refugees who have been stuck for days at Budapest’s Keleti train station gathered their belongings and began marching out of the city, vowing to make it to Austria on foot after Hungarian authorities blocked them from boarding Western-bound trains.
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Chilling and heartbreaking images are emerging of what’s being called the EU migrant crisis. Photos of a dead three-year-old Syrian boy have shocked the world. And, they’ve intensified global outrage about the perceived inaction of European governments.
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Hundreds of asylum seekers boarded trains in Budapest’s main train station on Thursday after a two-day standoff.
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The father of a 3-year-old Syrian boy photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach has described how their overloaded boat flipped over in the sea and he quickly realized his two sons and his wife had drowned.
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The migration from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other Middle East and African nations continues as the European Union works on better coordinating efforts to deal with the worst refugee crisis since World War II.
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It was a heart-wrenching sight when an Icelandic conflict journalist spotted a father selling ink pens on the streets of Beirut, his sleeping daughter in his arms.
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Death and desperation mounted in Europe’s migrant crisis Friday as Austrian police said 71 people appeared to have suffocated in the back of an abandoned truck.
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CCTV America’s Kate Parkinson goes on patrol with police at the Serbia-Hungary frontier, in the second of our special series of reports on Europe’s refugee crisis.
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People fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq are pouring into Europe in record numbers in what’s been called the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.
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The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved a statement backing preparatory talks on key issues to restore peace to Syria. That’s the headline — but the real story lies in the details and what lies ahead for the embattled country.
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During the 1930s and 40s, a large number of Jewish refugees fled and found refuge in Shanghai. Evidence of that bond they formed with their adopted city can still be seen today.
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A new peace initiative by the United Nations Security Council comes after the council hasn’t been able to agree on how to end the bloodshed in Syria after years of trying.
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Syria’s main opposition group, the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition forces, went to Moscow for talks with Russia’s Foreign Minister.
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The war in Syria has turned the country into one of the most dangerous places on Earth.
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More bloodshed between Syria’s government troops, and rebels intent on driving President Bashar al-Assad from power.
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A two-day truce agreed on between Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in a Syrian border town and militant and rebels groups there went into effect on Wednesday, a Lebanese TV station and activists said.
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A United Kingdom based monitoring group airwars.org says hundreds of civilians have been killed in U.S.-led airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria. Coalition forces have rarely acknowledged civilian casualties in the controversial year-long campaign.
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Over the past three years, around 630,000 Syrians have fled the violence in their country to neighboring Jordan. Though most live in poverty in cities, many have found refuge in camps.
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While modeling may be a career for some, Alek Wek says it is in fact an art form. And she’s using her platform as one of the world’s most iconic supermodels to help empower African women and refugees.
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U.S. President Barack Obama wrapped up his visit to Africa this week, but once again, the world’s attention is focused on the continent. The future of Africa is rapidly evolving with a new generation of change makers poised to challenge the traditional global perceptions of […]
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The Turkish government is determined to continue fighting terrorism full force as operations continue both in Northern Iraq and across the Turkish – Syrian border. Turkey has targeted both ISIL and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party in recent attacks.
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More than two million Syrian refugees depend on the UN Council for food. The agency, lacking donor funding, has been forced to make drastic cuts to the amount of aid it can provide.
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Turkey is on edge. It follows back-to-back terror attacks as fears of an ISIL retaliation skyrocket. Turkish authorities have identified the suicide bomber who killed dozens this week. Meanwhile, another attack targeted Turkish police officers near the border with Syria.
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Turkish authorities have identified a suspect in the Suruc suicide bombing. They’re investigating her connections to terrorist organizations. Meanwhile, the death toll has risen to 32.
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23-year-old Tursun becomes excited when he recalls his experience of leaving home to attend high school in another part of China. He told the reporter that they ( him and five other students) went to school and it was “amazing” inside. Their dormitory was nicer […]
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In Syria, many people are calling the nuclear deal an Iranian victory. Newspaper headlines are dominated by positive reaction.
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With an estimated 3.5 billion fans, football is the world’s most popular game. That’s why a Brazilian NGO is using the game to bring people together. The group organized a football tournament to integrate refugees and migrants living in Brazil.
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No conflict is producing more refugees than the war in Syria. Many are fleeing not just to neighboring countries like Turkey but also faraway places. In Brazil, for example, the government says the number of refugees seeking asylum is soaring. From just over 1,000 applications […]
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The top suspect in the beheading of a businessman that French authorities are calling a terrorist attack took a “selfie” photo with the slain victim and sent the image via WhatsApp to a Canadian mobile phone number, officials said on Saturday.
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Kurdish fighters have besieged Islamic State members who entered the northern Syrian town of Kobane, activists said Friday adding that two days of fighting have left more than 100 civilians dead.
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The general director of Syrian antiquities and museums said on Wednesday the Islamic State (IS) militants started destroying tombs in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria.
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Earlier this year, Canada pledged to bring 10,000 more refugees from Syria over the next three years.
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