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          Refugees

          The latest news and stories on refugees and asylum seekers

          Syrian families living in Turkey walk towards the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. Turkey hosts more than three million Syrian refugees. Getty Images

          Nearly one million Syrian refugees expected to return by June 2025

          MENADecember 18, 2024
          Police block a road near the camp where four people were killed near Dunkirk, France. AFP

          Gunman kills two Iraqi-Kurdish migrants and two security guards in France

          EuropeDecember 14, 2024
          The National

          Shadi's take on Europe's suspension of Syrian asylum bids

          CartoonDecember 12, 2024
          This chart highlights the critical role countries play in providing safety and support to refugees. Data sourced from UNHCR

          Countries hosting the largest Syrian refugee populations

          MENADecember 10, 2024
          People wait for their orders at a Syrian restaurant in the Sixth of October suburb of Cairo. Many of the businesses started by Syrian refugees in Egypt have been in the food and textile sectors. AFP

          Syrians in Egypt celebrate fall of Assad regime but not all want to go home

          MENADecember 10, 2024
          Members of the Syrian community hold opposition flags as they rally in Gothenburg, in western Sweden. AFP

          UK and European nations suspend Syrian asylum applications

          EuropeDecember 09, 2024
          SilaiWali has converted 15,500kg of scrap fabric into more than 12,000 dolls. Photo: Taniya Dutta / The National

          Afghan refugee women in India craft dolls from scrap fabric

          AsiaDecember 06, 2024
          Nadine Amine, 50, talks to her son, Jad Arouni, 10, inside their house damaged in an Israeli strike in Tyre. Reuters

          Thousands return to find homes destroyed in Lebanon's Tyre

          MENANovember 30, 2024
          UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Iraq's Minister of Interior Abdulameer Al Shimmeri before a meeting in Baghdad. AFP

          UK and Iraq strike deal to tackle people smuggling and organised crime networks

          UKNovember 28, 2024
          A Sudanese family in their home in Cairo, after fleeing war in Sudan. Reuters

          Egypt's parliament approves asylum law amendments 'in principle'

          MENANovember 17, 2024
          gif for displaced lebanese shorthand - larger size

          Lebanon's displacement crisis reverberates across region

          MENANovember 15, 2024
          Around 4.4 million people from around the world are stateless. Getty Images / The National

          Invisible crisis: anguish of the growing millions of stateless people

          EuropeNovember 15, 2024
          Operation Liberterra II led to the rescue of 3,222 potential victims of human trafficking and identified 17,793 irregular migrants. Photo: Nicola Vigilanti

          Interpol operation to fight human trafficking saves thousands

          UKNovember 06, 2024
          Migrants board a smuggler's dinghy on a beach in northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel on October 30. This week the UK is hosting an Interpol conference that will outline ways to counter people-smuggling operations. AFP

          Punish people smugglers, not migrants

          EditorialNovember 06, 2024
          The Tamil asylum seekers after arriving at Diego Garcia. Photo: Handout

          Refugees stuck on Diego Garcia island told they can go to UK

          UKNovember 04, 2024
          Children at an UNRWA school in Deir Al Balah, central Gaza. The agency says it provided education for more than 300,000 in the enclave, until the outbreak of the war last year. Reuters

          Palestinian children have no future without UNRWA, says Lazzarini

          MENANovember 03, 2024