UN suspends USD aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Crisis-hit Lebanon has been in an uproar over a UN plan to provide Syrian refugees with aid in US dollars

Lebanon to resume ‘voluntary’ repatriation of Syrian refugees

This comes a few weeks after the Lebanese army’s forced deportations of refugees, which were revealed by The Cradle to have been carried out illegally

Lebanon tightens restrictions on Syrian refugees

Over two million Syrian refugees live in crisis-hit Lebanon, making up nearly 30 percent of the country's population

Turkiye to repatriate Syrian refugees if opposition CHP wins elections

The CHP has been the main opposition party to Erdogan since 2010

Amnesty International urges Lebanon to halt deportation of Syrian refugees

There are around two million Syrian refugees residing in Lebanon, only 830,000 of which are registered with the UN

Thousands of Afghan refugees detained by UAE authorities

Between 2,400 to 2,700 Afghan nationals that sought asylum in the UAE within the past 15 months have been subjected to 'miserable conditions'

Iraq repatriates over 500 refugees from Syria’s Al-Hawl camp

In 2022, 698 Iraqi families were evacuated from Al-Hawl camp with an estimated number of more than 3,080 people

UN agency for Palestinian refugees needs $1.6bn in funding for 2023

The plea for donations by the refugee agency comes one day after UNRWA employees in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank launched a partial strike

Lebanon ‘forbidden’ from repatriating refugees: Official

As a result of coordination between Beirut and Damascus, thousands of refugees have already returned to their country voluntarily

Gebran Bassil calls for deportation of Syrian refugees

Gebran Bassil proposed an amendment to the law which regulates the entry and residency of Syrians in Lebanon

Turkiye deported over 58,000 Syrian refugees in 2022

Turkiye's deportation of immigrants increased by 161 percent compared to 2021, with the success rate amounting to 71 percent

Over 500,000 Syrian refugees returned home from Turkey: Official

Turkey and Lebanon have been pushing to repatriate millions of Syrian refugees who fled the western-sponsored war

Second wave of refugees leave Lebanon as repatriation process continues

The repatriation process is fully voluntary, contrary to the claims of western governments and human rights groups

‘We will not force refugees back to Syria, repatriation is voluntary’: Official

Many people, including Lebanese officials, believe that the west is intentionally trying to prevent the return of refugees to Syria

Syrian refugees in Turkey, Lebanon unwilling to return home

Both host countries have ramped up pressure on refugees to leave in 2022

Lebanon and Syria begin repatriation process of Syrian refugees

The Cradle learned exclusively that the Syrian government has approved the requests of 483 out of 1,200 Syrian refugees to be repatriated

Thousands of Syrian refugees to be repatriated from Lebanon next week

Earlier this month, outgoing President Michel Aoun announced the launching of the repatriation plan, despite an apparent lack of coordination with Damascus

Russia helped return of Syrian refugees: Mikdad

Neighboring countries Turkey and Lebanon have both announced plans to repatriate millions of Syrian refugees

TikTok exploits plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey with massive donation cut

There are more than 3.6 million refugees in Turkey, many live under harrowing conditions

UPDATE: Lebanon intends to repatriate Syrian refugees despite lack of cooperation from Damascus

Over one million Syrian refugees reside in Lebanon, with nine out of ten living in extreme poverty

Syrian refugees form caravan to cross from Turkey into Greece

A reported 100,000 of the 3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey are expected to join the recently formed 'Caravan of Light'

Hungary border police steps up violence against refugees from West Asia

Doctors Without Borders has treated more than 423 patients with injuries at the Hungary-Serbia border since January 2021

26 refugees died in US-controlled Syrian camp this year

Al-Hawl houses tens of thousands of women and children who are related to captured ISIS fighters

Lebanon will not accept permanent settlement of refugees: President

The Syrian government has made repeated calls for the repatriation of its citizens residing in Lebanon and elsewhere

Syria ready to welcome back refugees living in Lebanon

Damascus says it is ready to provide aid for the refugees as discontent against their presence in Lebanon grows

Thousands of Afghan refugees still stranded one year after ousting of US-backed govt

Tens of thousands of Afghans are still awaiting to be granted access to the US, while in the UK the Home Office is pushing refugees to find their own rental homes

HRW official condemns western racism against Afghan refugees

Human rights groups have sounded the alarm over the xenophobic treatment of Afghans as opposed to the west's welcoming attitude of Ukrainian refugees

Britain’s surveillance of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, under the guise of ‘counter-terrorism’

A follow-up exposé into the British Foreign Office’s clandestine operations across Lebanon’s 12 Palestinian refugee camps to undermine the sovereignty of the state

Syrian refugees face growing xenophobia in Lebanon as economic crisis worsens

Politicians and the media blame Lebanon's economic woes on refugees, despite international organizations pointing at the financial elite as the cause of the manufactured crisis

Syrian refugees in Turkey: From opportunity to Achilles heel

Even though Turkey's massive refugee problem is a direct consequences of the AKP's Syria policy, both the government and the opposition try to avoid its solution: ending the war in Syria.