Unwelcome Refugees

Turkey has launched a military offensive against the Syrian regime in direct retaliation for the killing of about three dozen of its troops last week in Idlib, Syria. As part of Operation Spring Shield, as the offensive is being called, Turkey has already shot down two Syrian warplanes and killed…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a migration summit at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal HanschkeBERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she understood that Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan expected more help from Europe to deal with the refugee crisis, but added he should…

A child has died and another has been hospitalised after a makeshift boat packed with dozens of refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Lesbos, Greek port police said. One young boy could not be revived after being found "unconscious", the Greek coastguard said in a statement on Monday,…

Syrian forces entered parts of a strategic rebel-held town on Monday as Turkey said it would keep hitting President Bashar al-Assad's troops after ramping up operations in its biggest intervention yet into the Syrian civil war. Turkey and Russia - which have come closer than ever to direct confrontation in…

Lesbos, Greece - Refugees arriving on the island of Lesbos on Sunday told stories suggesting the Turkish government co-opted people smugglers in its policy of ushering asylum seekers west in Europe. A group of 28 Syrians and people of several African nationalities sat on the beach near the Mytilene airport…

By Lefteris Papadimas and Ali KucukgocmenKASTANIES, Greece (Reuters) - Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Union's doorstep.Greece, which has tense relations with Turkey, accused Ankara of sending…

Rules created decades ago do not account for the modern migrant. Matt Katz February 29, 2020 Seita / Shutterstock / The AtlanticTOKYO—Rose grew up in an English-speaking region of Cameroon, a Central African country uniquely, and violently, divided by language. When she was young, on the instructions of her father,…

Turkey has announced it is suspending border controls for foreign migrants hoping to cross into Europe, according to reports.Millions of migrants currently being ‘hosted’ in Turkey are now invited to journey onwards to the European Union.“We have decided, effectively immediately, not to stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe by land…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend a meeting on Jan. 8 in Istanbul. Alexey Druzhinin/Getty Images An airstrike in northwestern Syria late Thursday inflicted significant casualties on Turkish forces stationed there, killing at least 36 and raising fears of direct conflict between NATO-allied Turkey and…

By: Reuters | Ankara/istanbul | Published: February 28, 2020 11:04:16 am Nearly a million civilians have been displaced in Idlib near the Turkish border since December as Russia-backed Syrian government forces seized territory from Turkey-backed Syrian rebels, marking the worst humanitarian crisis of the country’s nine-year war. (File Photo)Turkey, faced…