Refugees

For most close observers, it has long seemed only a matter of time before the long, bloody proxy war between Turkey and Russia for regional predominance in the Middle East would break out into full-scale direct hostilities. That came closer to happening last week, when Russian-backed Syrian forces attacked a…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with senior European Union officials in Brussels over a refugee crisis unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border, as Germany said the bloc was considering taking in 1,500 child refugees. Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have been trying to break through the land border…

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(EDIRNE, Turkey) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths. At least two migrants were injured…

Volunteer organisations supporting refugees and migrants on the Greek islands say they have come under verbal and physical attack from locals. Tensions are especially high after Turkey opened its borders with Europe. Al Jazeera's John Psaropoulos reports from the Greek island of Lesbos. Read More

Some 3.6 million Syrian refugees live in Turkey, having fled their homeland’s civil war in search of safety. Over the years, Turkey has mostly welcomed them with government-financed programs and a degree of freedom typically unavailable to refugees, many of whom are consigned to camps. As a result, Syrians can…

The uptick came from more single adults and children trying to cross the border.March 5, 2020, 7:43 PM5 min read The number of unauthorized migrants arrested at the southern border ticked up slightly last month, marking an end to the 8-month decline reported by officials since last May. U.S. Customs…

I am a doctor based in Toronto and have spent at least half of my working life in disaster and conflict zones - in Bangladesh, on the Syrian-Jordanian border, on the Venezuelan-Colombian border and, most recently, in Greece. I have spent the greatest amount of time in Bangladesh, helping to…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionGreece says it has stopped more than 27,000 people entering the country illegally since SaturdayTurkish officials have said a man was fatally wounded when Greek security forces opened fire as migrants gathered at the border on Wednesday.Greece immediately issued a flat denial,…

"Refugees are always connected. Once you become a refugee ... it's like the energy just pull you guys together." - Emmanuel Jal, musician Four people - refugees from Sudan, Iraq, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe - took very different, unpredictable paths away from conflict or political persecution in their home countries.…