As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again
1 year, 6 months ago

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world's attention again

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “We’re eating one meal a day.” Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention back to the plight of Syrians like al-Jassem on Wednesday at an annual donor conference hosted by the European Union in Brussels for humanitarian aid to respond to the Syrian crisis. Funding from the two-day conference will also go toward providing aid to Syrians within the war-torn country and to some 5.7 million Syrian refugees living in neighboring countries, particularly Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. On Tuesday, a day before the conference, the World Food Program announced that it was faced with an “unprecedented funding crisis” and would cut aid to 2.5 million out of the 5.5 million people in Syria who had been receiving food assistance. “We need to be seeking to see funding levels stay at the same level and actually increase.” At last year’s conference in Brussels, donors pledged $6.7 billion, falling billions short of the U.N.’s $10.5 billion appeal, split almost evenly to assist Syrians inside the war-torn country and refugees.

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Uncertainty for Syrian refugees as Assad regime's fall brings optimism about heading home
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Uncertainty for Syrian refugees as Assad regime's fall brings optimism about heading home

ABC  

The fall of the brutal Assad regime in Syria is fuelling optimism among the millions of Syrian refugees scattered across the Middle East and around the world about returning home. Syrian refugee Sahar Mohamad Kamal lives in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon and is waiting to see if it is safe to return home to Syria after the …

Will 14 mn Syrian refugees return home now that Assad regime has fallen?
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Will 14 mn Syrian refugees return home now that Assad regime has fallen?

Firstpost  

With the collapse of Assad dynasty in Syria, it remains to be seen whether the country would see stability making way for the return of millions of refugees sheltering abroad or whether the country would fall into further chaos and trigger another wave of outward migration Syrians arrive to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate, near …

Europe asks: Is it time for Syria’s refugees to go home?
1 month ago

Europe asks: Is it time for Syria’s refugees to go home?

Live Mint  

Days after Syria’s autocratic ruler fled the country, European politicians have reignited the debate over the region’s decade-old refugee crisis. “No country has received as many Syrians in the European Union as Germany… So far this year, the vast majority of those who got protection were Syrians," said Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative, a Berlin-based think tank, …

Syria's endless struggle: Can refugees ever go home?
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1 month ago

Syria's endless struggle: Can refugees ever go home?

India Today  

The civil war has left Syria devastated. By 2025, the UN predicts that 7.2 million people will be forced to flee their homes but remain inside Syria. Another 6.2 million Syrians are expected to live as refugees in nearby countries like Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and T¼rkiye. DISPLACEMENT HOTSPOTS From Aleppo’s shattered streets to Deir Ezzor’s arid plains, the human …

UN humanitarians assist displaced people in Lebanon to return home
1 month, 1 week ago

UN humanitarians assist displaced people in Lebanon to return home

China Daily  

Displaced people on their way home are pictured in southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, on Nov 27, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - UN humanitarians said on Monday that with the ceasefire in Lebanon, their colleagues and partners are aiding displaced people returning home and those remain displaced. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said challenges to those returning …

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees

Al Jazeera  

Analysts and rights groups question whether large EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in. “The fact that the EU would provide funds to encourage that behaviour is shameful.” ‘Asking people to starve’ Another enduring issue in Lebanon renders the assistance less than helpful. “They’re just asking people to …

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

Associated Press  

ARSAL, Lebanon — More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. A country of about 6 million people, Lebanon hosts nearly 780,000 registered Syrian refugees and hundreds of thousands who are unregistered — the world’s highest …

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

The Independent  

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Hundreds of Syrians head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Hundreds of Syrians head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon

LA Times  

A Syrian refugee carries her child as she prepares to return to Syria from the eastern Lebanese border town of Arsal on Tuesday. More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. A country of about 6 …

Cyprus concerned over spike in arrivals of Syrian refugees from Lebanon
9 months, 1 week ago

Cyprus concerned over spike in arrivals of Syrian refugees from Lebanon

Al Jazeera  

Arrivals of Syrian asylum seekers have surged, with more than 350 such arrivals recorded in two days. Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday said it was “deeply concerning” that the irregular arrival of Syrian asylum seekers and refugees was consistently rising in recent weeks, with more than 350 such arrivals recorded in two days. Cyprus, the EU’s easternmost state, lies …

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence in Syria is on the rise while aid is flagging as the civil war enters its 14th year

Associated Press  

AL-NAYRAB, Syria — For years, Syria’s civil war has been a largely frozen conflict, the country effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government of President Bashar Assad, various opposition groups and Syrian Kurdish forces. The protests — part of the Arab Spring popular uprisings that spread across much of the Middle East that year — were met …

UN plans to cut number of refugees receiving cash aid in Lebanon by a third, citing funding cuts
1 year, 2 months ago

UN plans to cut number of refugees receiving cash aid in Lebanon by a third, citing funding cuts

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Faced with an increasing funding crunch, the United Nations will cut the number of refugee families receiving cash assistance in Lebanon by nearly a third next year, a spokesperson for the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday. Due to “significant funding reductions,” UNHCR and the World Food Program will give monthly cash aid to 88,000 fewer families in 2024 …

Suffering in the shadows: The humanitarian calamities that aren’t on the world’s agenda
1 year, 2 months ago

Suffering in the shadows: The humanitarian calamities that aren’t on the world’s agenda

Salon  

Various versions of the aphorism “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography” have been making the rounds ever since the rise of U.S. imperialism in the late 1800s. According to the International Office of Migration, that represents “the highest of any internally displaced population in the world, including Syria, Ukraine, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Human Rights Watch …

WORLD AFFAIRS | Syrian Refugees fear being forced back
1 year, 5 months ago

WORLD AFFAIRS | Syrian Refugees fear being forced back

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 20, 2023 14:37 IST - 6 MINS READ As Jordan hosted regional talks this spring aimed at ending Syria’s isolation after more than a decade of civil war, Syrian refugee Suzanne Dabdoob felt a deep pressure in her brain and in her ears, she said, a fear she had not felt since arriving to Jordan 10 years …

UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch
1 year, 5 months ago

UN agency slashes cash aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, raising the alarm on its funding crunch

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — The United Nations food agency said Tuesday it will reduce monthly cash aid for 120,000 Syrian refugees living in two camps in Jordan because of what it described as an “unprecedented funding crisis.” Jordan is a country of 11 million people and hosts some 1.3 million refugees from Syria. The announcement by the World Food Program comes after …

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again
1 year, 6 months ago

As conditions for Syrians worsen, aid organizations struggle to catch the world’s attention again

Associated Press  

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Six months after she got the call informing her that her U.N. assistance would be cut, Najwa al-Jassem is struggling to feed her four children and pay rent for their tent in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. “We’re eating one meal a day.” Aid agencies will struggle to draw the world’s attention …

Syrian refugees in fear as Lebanon steps up deportations
1 year, 7 months ago

Syrian refugees in fear as Lebanon steps up deportations

Al Jazeera  

An increase in raids by the Lebanese Armed Forces has left Syrian refugees in hiding, worried about being forced back. “I’ve just been hiding at home since then.” Twenty-five-year-old al-Omari, along with more than a million Syrians finding refuge in Lebanon – the majority of whom have been in the country since the eruption of civil war in Syria 11 …

Syrian refugees fearful as Lebanon steps up deportations
1 year, 8 months ago

Syrian refugees fearful as Lebanon steps up deportations

Associated Press  

QAB ELIAS, Lebanon — Lebanese officials are cracking down on Syrian refugees against the backdrop of a worsening economic crisis and political stalemate, an escalation that has caused a panic among Syrians in the country. “People aren’t sleeping in their houses … and are afraid even to go to work,” said a woman originally from the Syrian province of Idlib …

Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria
2 years, 2 months ago

Heading home: Syrian refugees in Lebanon going back to Syria

Associated Press  

ARSAL, Lebanon — Hundreds of Syrian refugees boarded a convoy of trucks laden with mattresses, blankets, water and fuel tanks — and, in one case, a goat — in the remote Lebanese mountain town of Arsal on Wednesday, heading home to Syria. “The economic situation doesn’t allow us to provide for them.” Lebanon has given shelter to more than 1 …

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon's plans to deport them
2 years, 5 months ago

Syrian refugees anxious over Lebanon's plans to deport them

The Independent  

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Lebanon hopes to repatriate Syrian refugees within months
2 years, 6 months ago

Lebanon hopes to repatriate Syrian refugees within months

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Lebanon plans to start sending back tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and rights groups, a minister said in an interview Wednesday. “This is a humane, honorable, patriotic and economic plan that is necessary for Lebanon.” The Lebanese government’s plan would entail sending back 15,000 Syrian refugees every month. A …

Lebanon plans Syrian refugee repatriation within months: Minister
2 years, 6 months ago

Lebanon plans Syrian refugee repatriation within months: Minister

Al Jazeera  

Lebanon hosts an estimated 1.5 million Syrians refugees who have fled a brutal, decade-old conflict in their home country. Lebanon plans to begin repatriating tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within months over objections by the United Nations and human rights groups, a minister has said. “We are serious about implementing this plan and we hope to do so within …

Donors fall well short of UN target for Syria aid
2 years, 8 months ago

Donors fall well short of UN target for Syria aid

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — International donors on Tuesday pledged $6.7 billion to help Syrians and neighboring countries hosting refugees but fell well short of a U.N. target for assistance to millions of people from conflict-torn Syria who rely on aid to survive. Borrell said that 60% of Syria’s population “suffer food insecurity, and barely know where the next meal is going to …

Infographic: Syria’s displaced face the wrath of winter
2 years, 11 months ago

Infographic: Syria’s displaced face the wrath of winter

Al Jazeera  

Bitter winter conditions have compounded the poverty of millions of displaced people in northwest Syria. But conditions are worst in northwest Syria, where displaced Syrians make up about two-thirds of the 4.1 million people living there. “There are 1.7 million people living in these appalling conditions in a war zone, and they have not received the necessary levels of support,” …

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW
3 years, 2 months ago

Abuses of returning Syrian refugees ‘still running’: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Rights group calls for a halt of all returns of Syrians and urges countries hosting refugees to take this position. Beirut, Lebanon – Continuing Syrian government human rights abuses mean refugees should not be returned, Human Rights Watch says, urging host nations to immediately halt all refugee returns. The multiple agencies that prey on Syrians are still running.” “The government …

UN says Lebanon's economic crisis blights Syrian refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

UN says Lebanon's economic crisis blights Syrian refugees

The Hindu  

More than 1 million Syrian refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon are experiencing deteriorating conditions that have left nine out of ten of them in extreme poverty, U.N. agencies warned on Wednesday. The yearly report on conditions of Syrians living in Lebanon is produced by the United Nations' refugee agency, its World Food Programme, as well as its children's agency. The report …

UN says Lebanon’s economic crisis blights Syrian refugees
3 years, 3 months ago

UN says Lebanon’s economic crisis blights Syrian refugees

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — More than 1 million Syrian refugees in crisis-hit Lebanon are experiencing deteriorating conditions that have left nine out of ten of them in extreme poverty, U.N. agencies warned Wednesday. The yearly report on conditions of Syrians living in Lebanon is produced by the United Nations’ refugee agency, its World Food Program, as well as its children’s agency. The …

Children ‘wasting away’ in dangerous Syrian camps, NGO says
3 years, 3 months ago

Children ‘wasting away’ in dangerous Syrian camps, NGO says

Al Jazeera  

Save the Children slams foreign governments for failing to repatriate their citizens from refugee camps in northeast Syria, where children face a host of threats. Beirut, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of children are “wasting away” amid widespread violence and threats in two refugee camps in northeast Syria, Save the Children says, and it is “more urgent than ever” that …

Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’
3 years, 9 months ago

Pleas for more aid to Syria: ‘We don’t have nearly enough’

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — At age 19, Fatima al-Omar is at her wits’ end. Then the coronavirus struck, aggravating conditions in northwest Syria just as new fighting had uprooted 1 million people — the biggest wave of displacement in the country’s 10-year war. Despite the worsening humanitarian situation across war-ravaged Syria, it’s been getting tougher every year to raise money from global …

Syrian refugees’ plight in Lebanon 10 years after the uprising
3 years, 9 months ago

Syrian refugees’ plight in Lebanon 10 years after the uprising

Al Jazeera  

Lebanon hosts the largest per capita population of Syrian refugees in the world, providing shelter to 1.7 million. “Before the economic crisis, I could buy it once a week.” Rehman is one of the hundreds of Syrian workers rebuilding Beirut after 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate exploded at Beirut’s port and fatally damaged many neighbourhoods in the vicinity. But as …

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
3 years, 9 months ago

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

The Independent  

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For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight
3 years, 9 months ago

For Syrians, a decade of displacement with no end in sight

Associated Press  

BAR ELIAS, Lebanon — Mohammed Zakaria has lived in a plastic tent in eastern Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley for almost as long as war has raged in his native Syria. “We came on the assumption that we would come in and out,” said Zakaria, sitting outside his tent on a cold day recently as his children walked around in worn-out slippers. …

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children
3 years, 10 months ago

UNICEF: Syria’s war has killed and wounded 12,000 children

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Syria’s 10-year-long civil war has killed or wounded almost 12,000 children and left millions out of school in what could have repercussions for years to come in the country, the U.N. children’s agency said Wednesday. “One in four children have signs of psychosocial distress,” said Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s Mideast and North Africa director. “This cannot be just another …

Aid group: Syrians could be displaced for years to come
3 years, 10 months ago

Aid group: Syrians could be displaced for years to come

Associated Press  

BEIRUT — Hundreds of thousands of Syrians face continued displacement each coming year that the conflict continues and economic conditions deteriorate, the Norwegian Refugee Council said Monday. The Syrian conflict, which marks 10 years later this month, has resulted in the largest displacement crisis since World War II, with an estimated 2.4 million people displaced in and outside Syria every …

‘We lost everything’: Syrian refugees caught up in Beirut blast
4 years, 4 months ago

‘We lost everything’: Syrian refugees caught up in Beirut blast

Al Jazeera  

Already among the most vulnerable in Lebanese society, refugees are struggling to cope in the blast’s aftermath. Omer Elnaiem, head of communications at the UNHCR, said: “The organisation has only confirmed 14 so far.” ‘Lost everything’ Basma Tabaja, deputy head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Lebanon, said Syrians were particularly affected by the incident. “We …

World Refugee Day: the challenges facing UNHCR as 100 million forced to flee homes in the last decade
4 years, 6 months ago

World Refugee Day: the challenges facing UNHCR as 100 million forced to flee homes in the last decade

The Independent  

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Syrian refugees face their ninth winter in the mountains of Lebanon
4 years, 10 months ago

Syrian refugees face their ninth winter in the mountains of Lebanon

The Independent  

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Children bearing the brunt of Syrian war
4 years, 11 months ago

Children bearing the brunt of Syrian war

CNN  

CNN — Children are suffering in the latest escalation in the nine-year Syrian civil war as civilians face a bleak choice — leave for a life of misery in overcrowded makeshift camps or die. “I will get rid of the sewage water and fix the camp and won’t let the regime advance in any area or let airstrikes take place” …

Inside Lebanon’s most dangerous camps: Palestinian refugees who are incarcerated and abandoned
5 years, 7 months ago

Inside Lebanon’s most dangerous camps: Palestinian refugees who are incarcerated and abandoned

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Seventy-one years ago the Palestinian refugee arrived as a baby at the Bourj al-Barajneh camp …

What hope for Syria’s refugee children ‘the dreamers’ waiting in doorways in Lebanon?
5 years, 7 months ago

What hope for Syria’s refugee children ‘the dreamers’ waiting in doorways in Lebanon?

The Independent  

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In photos: The precious objects bringing comfort to Syrian refugees
5 years, 9 months ago

In photos: The precious objects bringing comfort to Syrian refugees

The Independent  

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‘We can't survive like this’: Life in the camps for Syria’s refugee children
5 years, 10 months ago

‘We can't survive like this’: Life in the camps for Syria’s refugee children

The Independent  

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Eight-year-old girl dies as Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon hit by extreme winter weather
6 years ago

Eight-year-old girl dies as Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon hit by extreme winter weather

The Telegraph  

An 8-year-old Syrian girl has died in Lebanon after she fell into a swollen river and drowned in the northern town of Minyeh, as refugee camps are battered by extreme winter weather. Refugees have been struggling with dangerous conditions including flooding and heavy snow since last Sunday when Storm Norma hit, bringing strong winds, rain and colder temperatures across the …

Syrian refugees hardest hit in ‘worst storm’ to hit Lebanon in years
6 years ago

Syrian refugees hardest hit in ‘worst storm’ to hit Lebanon in years

CNN  

Bekaa Valley, Lebanon CNN — Mohamed Kassaf, 32, was in his tent with his four children when a storm hit. The water rose to nearly half a meter at many of the Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley this week. “There is a terrible infrastructure where the camps are and because these aren’t permanent structures, we face the same …

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