Posts tagged with "refugees"

EU promises to help Cyprus deal with influx of refugees Cyprus

EU promises to help Cyprus deal with influx of refugees

September 18th, 2018 The EU will send a team of experts to Cyprus to discuss with the authorities ways to prevent further pressure on the island from any future inflow of refugees, mainly from war-torn neighbouring Syria, a senior Commission official said on Tuesday. European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos...
As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages World

As Idlib offensive looms, Syrians flee to border villages

September 11th, 2018 Syrians escaping violence in Idlib have arrived in villages near the Turkish border in droves, fearing Damascus will launch a full-blown assault on the rebel stronghold. More than 30,000 people have fled their homes in northwest Syria since the army and allied forces resumed bombardment last week, the U.N. humanitarian affairs office...
New swift check on age of refugees claiming to be minors Cyprus

New swift check on age of refugees claiming to be minors

September 11th, 2018 A new, speedy procedure will be introduced by the government for verifying the age of people claiming to be unaccompanied minors as many who sought refuge in Cyprus last year under that status were found to be adults, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. Following a meeting presided by Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides with...
Unhcr says migrant inflow manageable but readiness plan needed Cyprus

Unhcr says migrant inflow manageable but readiness plan needed

September 7th, 2018 By George Psyllides THE UN high commission for refugees (Unhcr) said Thursday the situation in Cyprus concerning migrant inflows is manageable at present, despite the rise in numbers, but a broader readiness plan must be drafted in case of mass arrivals. The spokeswoman of Unhcr’s Cyprus office said the organisation was on...
UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians Middle East

UNRWA chief defends refugee criteria for millions of Palestinians

September 3rd, 2018 Millions of Palestinian refugees "cannot simply be wished away", the head of a UN support agency said on Monday, hitting back at a US aid cutoff and allegations its work only perpetuates their plight. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) provides services to about 5 million Palestinian refugees across Jordan, Lebanon,...
Situation ‘at boiling point’ at refugee centre on Greek island Greece

Situation ‘at boiling point’ at refugee centre on Greek island

August 31st, 2018 The United Nations refugee agency urged Greece on Friday to speed up transfers of eligible asylum-seekers from Aegean islands to the mainland, saying conditions at an overcrowded Lesbos reception centre were "reaching boiling point". Lesbos, not far from Turkey in the northeastern Aegean Sea, was the preferred entry point into the...
Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer Greece

Syrian swimmer who saved refugees arrested in Greece - lawyer

August 31st, 2018 Sarah Mardini, one of two Syrian sisters who saved over a dozen refugees in 2015 by pulling their sinking dinghy to Greece, has been arrested for alleged people smuggling, her lawyer said on Friday. Greek police said on Tuesday they had arrested two members of an aid organisation on the island of Lesbos and were investigating a total...
‘No going back’: refugees remember 1974 flight Cyprus

‘No going back’: refugees remember 1974 flight

August 12th, 2018 By Emilia Christofi A few clothes, sheets and a blanket for the parents, kids and grandparents were all that the suitcase could hold. Meanwhile Katia put her school PE kit in a plastic bag. The suitcase, the plastic bag and the keys were all the family took with them as they left the village of Palekithro in Nicosia district on August...
Refugees seek European justice after losing compensation claim Cyprus

Refugees seek European justice after losing compensation claim

July 5th, 2018 A refugee couple who sued the state for compensation but lost, vowed on Wednesday to take their case all the way to the European Court of Human Rights. Thomas and Eleni Kaoullas, refugees from Famagusta, had filed an action before a district court seeking indemnities for loss of income due to the 1974 invasion and subsequent, ongoing...
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria Middle East

Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon begin returning to Syria

June 28th, 2018 Nearly 400 refugees started leaving the Lebanese border town of Arsal to cross into Syria on Thursday, a rare case of a return which Lebanon's government wants to encourage. People gathered in minivans and tractors in the morning, loading them with mattresses, water tanks and furniture. Lebanese security personnel recorded the names...
Erdogan, presidential rival both vow to send Syrians home Turkey

Erdogan, presidential rival both vow to send Syrians home

June 22nd, 2018 President Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival in Sunday's presidential election have both pledged to send millions of Syrian refugees home, responding to growing unease among voters about the number of migrants in Turkey. More than 3.5 million Syrian refugees who fled conflict in their country are living in Turkey and their presence...
Concerns over success of Greek classes for migrant children Education

Concerns over success of Greek classes for migrant children

June 20th, 2018 A programme for migrant and refugee students in state schools needs to be re-evaluated as it appears to be causing a host of problems, lawmakers said on Wednesday. During a session at the House education committee, MPs voiced their concerns over the programme, which aims to teach migrant students the Greek language and help integrate...
Refugees: a call for acceptance, inclusion and solidarity Opinion

Refugees: a call for acceptance, inclusion and solidarity

June 17th, 2018 By Damtew Dessalegne World Refugee Day on June 20 is an annual call to honour the lives, struggles and immeasurable resilience of the millions of uprooted people all over the world. Surely, it takes courage to be a refugee. Courage not to give up hope. Courage to start and build a new future against seemingly overwhelming odds....
Migrant trafficker, children, among six killed in Greek crash Greece

Migrant trafficker, children, among six killed in Greek crash

June 8th, 2018 Six people were killed and two critically injured on Friday when a minivan carrying Iraqi and Syrian migrants crashed into a wall and overturned on a northern Greek motorway, police said. Three children, aged around five, nine and 12, were among the dead, a hospital official said. Police said a person identified as the "trafficker"...
European governments need to do more for internally displaced persons, CoE says Cyprus

European governments need to do more for internally displaced persons, CoE says

May 29th, 2018 By the end of 2017, there were close to four million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Europe, mostly in Ukraine, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Council of Europe (CoE) said on Tuesday. While the current patterns of internal displacement in Europe have mainly resulted from conflicts – some of...
Pleas for repairs to refugee estates falling on deaf ears, MPs say Cyprus

Pleas for repairs to refugee estates falling on deaf ears, MPs say

April 24th, 2018 A lack of coordination among government departments plus their indifference has resulted in refugee estates falling into disrepair, reducing the quality of life for those still living on them, lawmakers heard on Tuesday. The estates were built for Greek Cypriots who had to flee the north in 1974. House refugee committee chairwoman...
Erdogan says will ask EU for rest of 3bn euro aid for refugees Turkey

Erdogan says will ask EU for rest of 3bn euro aid for refugees

March 19th, 2018 Turkey will ask the European Union about the remainder of a 3 billion euros fund intended for Syrian refugees during talks in Bulgaria next week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Turkey has accepted 3.5 million refugees from Syria, and the EU is already spending 3 billion euros to help them as part of a 2016 deal to...
More than 200,000 people fled Syria's Afrin Middle East

More than 200,000 people fled Syria's Afrin

March 19th, 2018 More than 200,000 people who fled a Turkey-led offensive on the Kurdish town of Afrin are without shelter or access to food and water in nearby areas, a Syrian Kurdish official from Afrin told Reuters on Monday. "The people with cars are sleeping in the cars, the people without are sleeping under the trees with their children," Hevi...
Thousands of Syrians flee their homes as battles rage (Updated) Middle East

Thousands of Syrians flee their homes as battles rage (Updated)

March 17th, 2018 Thousands of civilians streamed out of their towns on Saturday to escape battles in the north and south of Syria, where two different offensives have prompted an exodus in recent days. A new wave of at least 10,000 people fled a rebel pocket to army lines in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus in the southwest. Rescuers and a...
Migrants march in Florence after Italian kills street vendor Europe

Migrants march in Florence after Italian kills street vendor

March 6th, 2018 African immigrants marched through the streets of central Florence late on Monday chanting "no more racism" after an Italian man shot dead a Senegalese street vendor earlier in the day. Police said Roberto Pirrone had fired six pistol shots at close range, killing Idy Dienec as he sold leather bags, umbrellas and trinkets on a bridge...
News podcast: how Cyprus mismanages its waste strategies Cyprus

News podcast: how Cyprus mismanages its waste strategies

February 9th, 2018 The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local news – in audio form. Presented by Rosie Charalambous, this week: Young refugees from Africa share their hopes and experiences in a documentary; The problem of plastic...
Turkish border guards shoot at fleeing Syrians, say observers Middle East

Turkish border guards shoot at fleeing Syrians, say observers

February 3rd, 2018 TURKISH guards at the border with Syria are indiscriminately shooting at and summarily returning asylum seekers attempting to cross into Turkey, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The spokesman for Turkey’s president said it was highly unlikely that Turkish soldiers would shoot at Syrian war refugees but the government would look...
German SPD leader ‘dampens hopes for quick deal’ (Update) Europe

German SPD leader ‘dampens hopes for quick deal’ (Update)

January 29th, 2018 The leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) played down hopes on Monday for swift progress in coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, an SPD source said, amid continued disagreement over several issues including refugees. Four months after both Merkel's party and the SPD performed worse than expected in a...
Learning refuge helping refugees in Paphos Cyprus

Learning refuge helping refugees in Paphos

January 7th, 2018 By Bejay Browne A Paphos centre set up and run by volunteers is making a huge difference to the lives of refugee families in Cyprus, by teaching them language skills and providing assistance wherever possible. The Learning Refuge in central Paphos was initiated by Caritas and aims to improve the lives of refugees. Head of...
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