10 Dec 2014

A Piece of Me: From Syria to New York City

In a dusty tent city home to tens of thousands of refugees, dozens of teenage Syrian youth wrote, filmed, directed […]

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09 Dec 2014

Take in Syrian refugees, aid agencies tell rich countries

A coalition of 36 international organisations is calling on rich countries to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees within […]

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09 Dec 2014

Syria Tops List of Massive UN Aid Appeal

The United Nations on Monday requested $16.4 billion from its members for aid work in 2015, with nearly half of […]

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09 Dec 2014

Thousands of Syrian refugees stranded in minefield

A human rights watchdog urged Turkey on Wednesday to remove from its border with Syria landmines which have killed three […]

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09 Dec 2014

EU institutions must react to suspension of UN’s food aid to Syrian refugees

On 1 December, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) announced it had been forced to suspend a critical food aid […]

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09 Dec 2014

457 Syrian refugees resettled in Canada, but pledge was for 1,300

The government faces a difficult challenge to fulfil its commitment to resettle 1,300 Syrian refugees by the end of this […]

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09 Dec 2014

Gulf countries’ failure to take Syrian refugees ‘shameful’: Amnesty

Wealthy Gulf states have failed to resettle a single refugee from the Syrian conflict – a “particularly shameful” omission by […]

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