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Syrian refugees cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED

Number of Global Displaced up to 65.6 Million in 2016

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 19, 2017 | World

Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan had left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes last year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said Monday. That number that includes refugees, asylum...

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Migrants rest as a policeman watches them near Hungary’s border fence on the Serbian side of the border near Morahalom, Hungary, February 22, 2016. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh/File Photo

UN Urges Europe to Stop Sending Migrants to Hungary

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 11, 2017 | World

Geneva- The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR issued a statement on Monday calling on European Union states not to send Middle Eastern and African asylum seekers back to Hungary for assessment until that country amends its new law on detaining migrants at the...

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Turkey, EU Agree Outline of ‘One In, One Out’ Deal over Syrian Refugee Crisis

by Abdullah Mustafa and Abdul Sattar Barakat | Mar 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Brussels, Athens-The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, expressed his deep concern about the EU-Turkey deal, saying “As a first reaction, I am deeply concerned about any arrangement that would involve the blanket return of anyone from...