If 1.5 million people had to flee the Big Apple, the world would notice.
Millions of people have been forced to flee their homes in Syria since the ongoing crisis began in March 2011. Of the refugees, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) estimates that 1.5 million are children. That's nearly the entire population of Manhattan. An exodus of this magnitude is beyond most people's imaginations unless you're
The latest aid is part of a 70 million-euro package extended by Brussels to Turkey. The ten million euros are specifically for humanitarian emergency work while the rest is for longer-term projects including education.
Reports: The European Union on Tuesday announced 10 million euros ($12.3 million) in new humanitarian aid for Syrian civilians in Turkey and Syria. "Today, we are stepping up our assistance to the people of Syria and to the Turkish communities hosting Syrian refugees," EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement. "Europe
Highlighting what it called “the pitiful numbers of resettlement places offered by the international community,” the report noted that the Gulf states, Russia and China had not offered a single resettlement place.
Reports: Wealthy nations have only taken in a "pitiful" number of the millions of refugees uprooted by Syria's conflict, placing the burden on the country's ill-equipped neighbors, Amnesty International said Friday. In a statement ahead of a December 9 donors' conference in Geneva, the London-based rights group blasted as shocking the failure
Aid workers fear a major humanitarian crisis for millions of Syrian refugees in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon, after funding gaps forced the United Nations to cut food assistance for 1.7 million people.
Reports: Aid workers fear a major humanitarian crisis for millions of Syrian refugees in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon, after funding gaps forced the United Nations to cut food assistance for 1.7 million people. Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday that the number of internally displaced
Washing windows, selling packets of tissues, stretching out an open hand to passersby — Syrians who have fled to Turkey from the ongoing chaos at home find themselves doing anything just to get by.
ISTANBUL --- It’s been almost a year since 9-year-old Ibrahim Khader, and his 7-year-old brother, Ahmad, have gone to school. Both boys grew up in Aleppo, Syria, and survived the intense fighting there by fleeing with their families from one place to another before finally arriving in Istanbul. Khader says that when he arrived in Istanbul and saw
Israeli’s took to the streets following an Israeli High Court ruling to close the Holot detention center.
Israelis took to the streets with ISIS-style flags, chanting “niggers go home” at an anti-African rally in Tel Aviv following an Israeli High Court ruling to close the Holot detention center. Israel has faced international scrutiny for it's treatment of refugees, most of whom hail from Africa. Both the Israeli government and public have fought to