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The European message to refugees
03/23/2016. While NGOs like MSF criticize the Europe Agreement with Turkey, Professor Vincent Chetail evokes the risk of a new Calais in Greece
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Lebanon ... perpetual refugee camps ?
03/18/2016. Complex and devastating, the Syrian conflict may portend a long stay, perhaps irreversible, of refugees in Lebanon.
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Yemen conflict leaves 2.4 million forcibly displaced
08/03/2016. After almost one year of conflict in Yemen, the figure of 2,430,178 internally displaced people appears in the latest report led jointly by UNHCR and the IOM.
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Why Canada embraces Syrian refugees
03/10/2016. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fulfilled his campaign pledge to take in 25,000 Syrian refugees
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IOM, UNHCR Joint Statement on Yemen Crisis
03/08/2016. With no political settlement in sight, the situation is likely to get worse.
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UK to join Nato refugee patrols in Aegean
03/07/2016. David Cameron announces Royal Navy role as he prepares to meet European leaders to discuss crisis
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UNHCR’s proposals to help stabilize the situation of refugees
03/04/2016. An urgent adjustment of political and humanitarian priorities is needed to meet the new realities.
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"Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon are likely to falter"
03/01/2016. The Obama administration ridiculed for not flying to the aid of its European allies, Turkish, Jordanian or Lebanese overwhelmed by the flood of refugees and migrants.
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Italian Relief Corps’ New Syrian Refugee Rescue Mission in the Aegean presented to the Press
02/18/2016. The mission patrols the sea separating Greece from Turkey. The medical staff have saved over 600 human lives in less than two months.
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The Humanitarian Caste System?
09/30/2016. Syrians are everyone’s new favourite refugees. But the growing perception that they receive preferential treatment is undermining humanitarian principles.
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