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Refugee question

Dawn 02 Oct 2023
IT has been a bad week for refugees. A debate is brewing on whether the UN’s refugee convention is still fit for purpose ... Turkey is currently the world’s largest refugee-hosting country, and knowledge sharing of best practices for refugee/ asylum frameworks could be a key element of the growing partnership between the two states.
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Three-quarters of small boat arrivals would be granted asylum, study suggests

AOL 02 Oct 2023
This includes an almost five-fold increase in the number of people arriving from India in 2023, while arrivals from Turkey and Vietnam have more than tripled. The Refugee Council said its analysis shows the “human and financial costs” of the Illegal Migration Act when it is implemented in full.
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Refugees ran toward a better life, straight into a wildfire

The Buffalo News 02 Oct 2023
The reporting shows that at least 12 had already been captured once before by Greek border guards and turned back to Turkey ... But he felt the only way to build a life was to join his brother and cousins in Norway, where they had all been granted refugee status over the past decade. Basel, 28, went from Syria to Turkey, and on Aug.
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Over 100,000 flee from Nagorno-Karabakh

The Daily Telegraph Australia 01 Oct 2023
This comes after Azerbaijan, which is backed by Turkey, recaptured the region with a military offensive.
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Shelters for Migrants Fill Up Across Germany as Attitudes Toward Newcomers Harden

Voa News 30 Sep 2023
The lack of space and money for migrants and Ukrainian refugees isn't unique to Berlin ... Germany has been taking in more migrants than most other European countries, but other countries such as Turkey and Lebanon, which shelter millions of migrants from Syria, have taken in more refugees as a percentage of their population.
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Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

Decatur Daily 29 Sep 2023
The lack of space and money for migrants and Ukrainian refugees isn't unique to Berlin ... Germany has been taking in more migrants than most other European countries, but other countries such as Turkey and Lebanon, which shelter millions of migrants from Syria, have taken in more refugees as a percentage of their population.
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Syrian airline, Haftar’s army profit from human smuggling

The New Arab 29 Sep 2023
Sara Prestianni, Advocacy Director at EuroMed Rights organization told us that “another reason for the increased influx of Syrian refugees from Libya is their subjection to anti-migrant practices on other borders, especially between Turkey and Greece.” ... The Turkey-Greece migration ...
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The Daily Mail 29 Sep 2023
Wednesday ... The pair, who declined to have their pictures taken, had traveled via Marrakesh, Morocco, from their home in Accra to get to Turkey’s largest city ... Ultimately, he will be left behind and faced with a choice of splashing out for a return journey home or trying to claim asylum in Turkey, which is already hosting four million Syrian refugees.
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Turkey rescues and detains 70 Afghan refugees

Khaama Press 28 Sep 2023
Turkish media reports that the coastal guards of this country have rescued 70 Afghan refugees in the Çanakkale area ... According to reports, Turkey has detained at least four thousand Afghan refugees from various cities since the beginning of this year.
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Turkey 'mistakenly' deports Moroccan man to Syria

The New Arab 28 Sep 2023
He says he had spent five months in refugee detention centres prior to his deportation, adding that he travelled to Turkey with the aim of finding a job opportunity in sports as he was a professional runner ... The man was initially transferred to a refugee detention centre in Kilis, ...
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The geopolitical implications of Nagorno-Karabakh's demise

The New Arab 28 Sep 2023
Azerbaijan’s swift triumph over Artsakh is a major victory for Turkey’s ambitions in the South Caucasus but poses strategic challenges for Russia and Iran, and moral dilemmas for Western powers ... Turkey's strategic triumph in Nagorno-Karabakh ... During Azerbaijan’s most recent offensive, Turkey expressed similar views.
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Cyprus says Lebanon needs EU aid to deal with refugee influx

The New Arab 28 Sep 2023
EU member Cyprus wants Brussels to offer financial and technical aid to Lebanon to help it cope with an influx of Syrian refugees and keep them from reaching the island, its interior minister said on Wednesday ... Lebanese authorities say the real number of Syrian refugees in their country is 2 million.
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12-foot-tall puppet Little Amal brings message of Syrian refugee girl to Michigan

Detroit Free Press 28 Sep 2023
In what the creators call one of the largest public art events ever created, a 12-foot-tall puppet depicting a Syrian refugee girl wrapped up the Michigan portion of its U.S ... Lan was inspired to create the project after learning about people's lived experiences as refugees ... Lan said he's met refugees from Turkey, Ukraine, Syria and other countries.
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Syrian camps filled with heartbreaking stories

Independent Record 28 Sep 2023
He told us he was a refugee from Idlib, Syria, due to the war ... This is the sixth email the Independent record has received from hands on Global executive director Valerie Hellermann of Helena, who is delivering medical aid and offering comfort to people in Ukraine and Syrian refugees living in Hatay, Turkey (Turkiye), on the Syrian/Turkey border.
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