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After Assad’s fall, some say it’s time for Syrian refugees to go home

A growing number of European countries said they would stop processing asylum claims, and some want to pressure Syrians to leave.

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Labour council leader quits over alleged sex messages to refugees

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Police are investigating Edinburgh councillor Cammy Day following an allegation of inappropriate behaviour.

Türkiye to open Syria border gate for return of refugees: Erdoğan

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Türkiye is opening a border gate on the southern frontier with Syria to manage the safe and voluntary return of the millions of Syrian refugees it hosts, President Recep Tayyip Erd...

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India News | Delhi HC Suggests Refiling PIL for Rehabilitation of Pakistani Hindu Refugees

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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The petitioners, including Akhil Bhartiya Dharam Prasar Samiti and other NGOs, sought directions from the authorities for a comprehensive rehabilitation package covering housing,…

Europe shuts its doors on Syria: Germany and France among the first to say they will ignore asylum requests following Assad's downfall, with Austria DEPORTING refugees

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Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer has ordered the suspension of 'all ongoing Syrian asylum applications' and a 'review' of all asylum grants, the interior ministry said in a statement.

Labour council leader Cammy Day QUITS after ‘bombarding Ukrainian refugees with sex messages’

SCANDAL-HIT Labour council boss Cammy Day has quit just days after it was revealed he is subject of a sexually explicit texts police probe.

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Austria suspends provision of asylum to Syrian refugees — newspaper

tass.com

According to the report, 12,500 Syrians applied for asylum in Austria in 2024

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey — media

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The TV channel stated that the gendarmerie has established a separate checkpoint five kilometers from the Cilvegozu border gate to ease the load on it and simplify the border crossing process

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OPINION - Refugees, chemical weapons, and warring factions — this is why Syria is the focus of the world

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The speed with which the Assad dictatorship was overthrown has taken most external observers by surprise, including agencies from Russia, Iran, America, Britain and France. Those in the know were closer to the scene of the action – Turkey,…

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Winter Appeal: How a football team for refugees is breaking down barriers

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Fair Shot football team is supported by the Refugee Council, one of the organisations being funded by our Winter Appeal

Jubilant refugees vow to go back to Syria as they celebrate in London after 'worst dictator' Assad is deposed

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Hundreds waved Syrian opposition flags and lit green flares in emotional scenes as people hugged one another after the fall of the Assad family's brutal 54 year dynasty rule in the country.

Labour council leader quits amid allegations of 'sexual messages to refugees'

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The leader of the City of Edinburgh Council has resigned amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour towards Ukrainian refugees.

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The millions of Syrian refugees across the Middle East might finally return home

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For more than a decade, millions of Syrians have found refuge in camps across Turkey, Lebanon et Jordan. Now that Assad's regime has been toppled, they might finally be able to return home. Story by Emily Boyle.

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Syrian immigrants, refugees in Triangle celebrate rebel victory, fall of Al-Assad

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"One of the happiest days in our lives and the lives of all Syrians,"

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Council chief faces calls to resign after being accused of sending explicit messages to refugees

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Anas Sarwar said the situation involving City of Edinburgh Council's Cammy Day (pictured), who reportedly sent Ukrainian refugees explicit messages, was 'deeply distressing'.

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Syria crisis could allow Vladimir Putin to spark exodus of refugees to Europe and UK

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A Syrian refugee fears Russia could intervene again in the country and spark another refugee crisis.

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They Might Become Canada's First Climate Refugees

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To say the tiny Canadian community of the Tuktoyaktuk in the Western Arctic is worried about climate change is a little abstract. To say they're worried about their small cemetery makes it painfully real for the hamlet's 1,000 Inuvialuit…

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AAP accuses BJP of ‘settling’ Rohingya refugees in Capital

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Ruling party cites two-year-old X post of Union Minister Hardip Puri over their shifting to EWS flats; BJP junks charge, says the remark was about ‘legal refugees’, and not about ‘illegal infiltrators’

'God, Syria and the Free Army': Ecstatic Syrian refugees in Hamburg celebrate Assad's downfall

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Half a million Syrians found refuge in Germany from the Assads' cruelty and civil war. In Hamburg, thousands gathered to dance, chant and cheer the anti-Assad rebels' victory – and some are planning to return. 'I want a peaceful future…