Syrian refugees

Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times

As part of the changes, the statutory duty to provide support to certain asylum seekers, including housing and weekly allowances, will be revoked, the Home Office said in a statement.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood visit Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, United Kingdom, on October 23, 2025.
 Tent CEO Gideon Maltz, winner of the 2025 Charles Bronfman Prize, at his office in New York.

This Jewish humanitarian is connecting refugees to jobs as a win-win for employers and refugees.

 A Syrian, Ahmed al-Akhras, works at his car spare parts shop, in Cairo, Egypt December 12, 2024.

Uncertainty clouds fate of Syrians in Egypt after Assad ouster

 SYRIAN DEMONSTRATORS call for international help against President Bashar Assad, in Kafranbel, Idlib province, 2011. The civil war, beginning in 2011, unleashed one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history, destroying the country Assad claimed to protect, says the writer.

Syria’s freedom reveals the depth of activist double standards - opinion


Human Rights Watch: Turkish border guards shoot at fleeing Syrians

"Syrians fleeing to the Turkish border seeking safety and asylum are being forced back with bullets and abuse."

A MAKESHIFT refugee camp in Suruc on the Turkey, Syria border

Commentary: To make peace in the Middle East, focus first on water

The logic of leading peace through water diplomacy is further strengthened when one considers the broader instability of the region.

Industrial waste water contamination in Israel

Nine Syrian refugees freeze to death while fleeing to Lebanon

The Lebanese army rescued six Syrians at a border crossing, one of whom later died in the hospital.

Migrants cross a snowy field, January 2016

Waiting to wait more

Journalist Atia Abawi’s latest novel explores the tense lives of Syrian refugees.

DISPLACED SYRIANS walk in a refugee camp in the Turkish border town of Suruc in January 2015

Jewish and Muslim aid groups join forces to help refugees in Greece

The partnership will ensure that vulnerable refugees in Greece benefit from legal assistance, strategic litigation, and advocacy to advance refugee rights.

A Syrian refugee boy stands in front of his family tent at a makeshift camp for refugees and migrants next to the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece (REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

Poverty could push Lebanon's Syrian refugee children to marry and work

Struggling to survive, more than three quarters of the refugees in Lebanon now live on less than $4 per day, according to the survey which was based on data collected last year.

A GENERAL view of the Bab Al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz, near the Syrian-Turkish border, one of many camps housing Syrian refugees.

Turkey says EU funds not being used for needs of Syrian refugees

In the past, Turkey has argued it would be easier to give the money directly to the government - something the EU rejects. The EU instead channels money through humanitarian organizations.

Syrian refugee children pose as they play near their families' residence at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 30, 2016.

Batman befriends Syrian boy: refugee video named best charity ad

The video produced for charity War Child Holland shows the Caped Crusader running around a dusty refugee camp in Lebanon with an eight-year-old Syrian boy, Kadar.

Syrian refugee children pose as they play near their families' residence at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 30, 2016.

Jordan switches on world's largest solar plant in refugee camp

The 15 million euro ($17.50 million) project, funded by the German government, will provide electricity in Zaatari camp for up to 14 hours a day.

The new solar plant at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, which will benefit about 80,000 Syrian refugees

Building new lives: Syrian refugees find support, friendship from churches

The civil war in Syria sparked a global refugee crisis, with more than 5 million refugees displaced from Syria alone since fighting began in 2011.

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