refugee crisis

Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
Middle East

Dozens of migrants drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya

TUNIS (Reuters) – At least 65 migrants drowned on Friday when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the…
Refugees in Egypt struggle to live as economic hardships deepen
Features/Interviews

Refugees in Egypt struggle to live as economic hardships deepen

CAIRO (Reuters) – Syrian refugee Ahmad al-Khatib and his 16-year-old son both work as tuk-tuk drivers in Cairo, but it…
Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe
Middle East

Study: Sexual torture widespread for migrants seeking Europe

PARIS (AP) — Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey and especially in…
UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return
Middle East

UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to observe and help refugees…
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
Middle East

Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home

MOSCOW (Reuters) – In pre-war Syria, Safaa al-Kurdi sold wedding dresses. Fed up with the conflict, the mother-of-three fled Damascus…
Refugees in Egypt require critical support: UNHCR
Egypt

Refugees in Egypt require critical support: UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued a warning stating that refugee aid programs in Egypt are…
Labaki 1st Arab female filmmaker nominated for Oscar
Culture

Labaki 1st Arab female filmmaker nominated for Oscar

Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki found out on January 22 that she is the first Arab female filmmaker to ever be…
Sisi meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Egypt

Sisi meets UN High Commissioner for Refugees

  President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and stressed on the importance…
Sisi and Merkel discuss terrorism, refugee crisis in joint summit
Egypt

Sisi and Merkel discuss terrorism, refugee crisis in joint summit

  In a Berlin summit, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi agreed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the world should exert…
Child drowns after boat with Syrians capsizes off Lebanon
Middle East

Child drowns after boat with Syrians capsizes off Lebanon

  Lebanon’s army says a child has drowned after a boat carrying 39 migrants hoping to get to Europe capsized…
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