Latest in Tag: UNHCR Highlight
Latest in Tag: UNHCR
Syrian school children allowed same access to education as Egyptians
Statements released by the UNHCR and Egyptian delegation highlight the Syrian refugee situation in Egypt and internationally
Syrian refugees in post-Morsi Egypt
Over 2 million Syrians have fled the bloody conflict in Syria, Egypt is home to over 100,000 registered refugees
Arab League calls for international response to Syria
Egypt hesitant on determining who used chemical weapons in Syrian conflict
Calls for ending suffering of Syrian refugees
ANHRI calls on state to ease Syrians’ concerns amid reports of dozens of arrests
UN concerned about new visa requirements for Syrians
Numerous passengers were forced to turn back in airport following new policy
Syrians stranded in airport: Human Right Watch
Organisation releases statement on Egypt’s new visa rules for Syrians
Darfur displaced face ‘terrible’ conditions: UN
They need “immediate help and attention to avoid a humanitarian disaster” as the rainy season nears
Syria death toll more than 93,000: UN
This is most likely a minimum casualty figure
UN launches record $5.2 bn Syria aid appeal
In the latest appeal, the UN said that a total of $3.8 billion was needed to help Syrian refugees who have spilled across the country’s borders to escape fighting in their homeland.
Syrian Refuges: No work, no home
Refugees leave their homes for fear of death, often with little more than the clothes on their backs and their hands in their pockets. Escaping the horrors of a civil war that has engulfed their country for two years, thousands of Syrians have made the journey by land, sea and air to find themselves in Egypt; a nation which despite its own extreme economic malaise has opened the gates to provide them with a safe haven in which they can endure the storm.
This is not the case, however, for the Palestinian-Syrian refugees who have also come seeking refuge from the storm, only to find themselves in a barn without a roof.
Daily News Egypt investigates how Syrian refugees survive in Egypt, and how Palestinians are all but forgotten.
Fundraising concert a great success
The evening of classical oriental and western music was organised to benefit Syrian refugees in Egypt.
Palestinian-Syrians announce sit-in at embassy
Representatives of Palestinian-Syrian refugees say the embassy has failed them
UNHCR organises benefit concert for Syrian refugees
UNHCR sheds light on Syrian refugees in Egypt through fundraising concert
35,000 Syria refugees have gone home: Jordan
Jordan says it is hosting more than 475,000 refugees from Syria
A diverse scope of refugees
By Ahmed Awadalla Looking at the situation in Syria, where millions were forced to leave their homes and seek shelter in neighboring countries, refugees have fled their country due to well-founded fear. Syria’s political, religious, ethnic, or gender-based persecutions are collective reasons for citizens to pack their luggage and depart. After heading to another country, …
Egyptian NGO sends aid to displaced Syrians
Egyptian embassy in Lebanon helping distribute food, blankets and clothes to displaced Syrians
One million flee Syria war: UN
The UNHCR said the one million figure comprised both registered refugees and those awaiting registration
Violence follows Syrian refugee women and children
The violence of a war that has left more than 60,000 dead in less than two years has made the lives of thousands of families tense and precarious
Obama offers $155m in aid to Syria refugees
Obama, unveiling a grant, which will take US humanitarian help to Syrians to $365m
Egypt urged not to deport Palestinians to Syria
Rights group warns Egypt not to deport refugees back to Syria in violation of international agreements
Red Cross: $34 mn needed for Syrian refugees in Turkey
Turkey currently counts 14 camps, all but one of which are tent camps
Israel sends refugees back to Egypt despite threat to their safety
Condemnation from human rights organisations
Food prices have almost doubled in Syria, UN says
WFP has provided around 1.4 million people across Syria with food aid since September 9.
The limits of Egyptian hospitality
Racism and discrimination has long been a problem in Egypt, particularly for Sudanese who have come to Egypt seeking a better life.
Syrian refugees in Egypt exceed 40,000
UNHCR releases report detailing Syrian refugee status in Egypt
Syrian forces clash on Turkish border
Shots fired between Syrian army and opposition wound civilian in Turkey
Confidential list of Syrian war crime suspects handed to UN
Over 20,000 deaths later, independent UN investigators conclude war crimes have been committed
The whole truth and nothing but the truth
On 8 March, I was in London attending a panel discussion on the safety of women journalists. I had been invited there by the International News Safety Institute (INSI) after contributing a chapter to a book published earlier this year by the INSI on the safety of female journalists working in conflict and danger zones. …
Syria army, rebels clash near Aleppo airport
“The humanitarian problem sparked by the conflict is our biggest crisis”, says the UNHCR spokesman
Sudanese refugee: Eight years in Egypt and still no status
“The Sudanese who chose to come to Egypt had certain expectations that this country that had long historical and cultural bonds with Sudan would be a better refuge for them. The question remains, have their expectations been fulfilled?”