Syrian Refugees
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Syrian refugees are put through years of screening
World | Nov 20, 2015, 08:42 AM ISTDetroit: Over and over, Nedal Al-Hayk and his wife traveled up to three hours by bus from their temporary home in Jordan to an office where U.S. Homeland Security officials put them in separate rooms
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Things to know about Syrian refugees and the vetting process
World | Nov 19, 2015, 09:23 PM ISTWashington: Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled that country to escape the ongoing civil war there. Migrants have trekked across Turkey, landing first in Greece, before making their way into Europe. European authorities have
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US to provide refuge to at least 10,000 Syrian refugees, says President Obama
World | Nov 19, 2015, 12:11 AM ISTNew Delhi: The United States of America will accept at least 10,000 refugees fleeing violence in Syria over the next year, President Barack Obama said on Wednesday.Obama, however, added that the refugees entering US would
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Bobby Jindal, 24 other US governors say no to Syrian refugees
World | Nov 17, 2015, 11:00 AM ISTWashington: After the Paris terrorist attacks, governors of at least 24 US states, all but one of them Republican, including Louisiana's Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal, have announced they will not accept Syrian refugees.The announcements came
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Poland backs away from agreement on refugees after Paris attacks
World | Nov 14, 2015, 11:00 PM ISTSentilj (Slovenia): Poland's prospective minister for European affairs today said that in view of the terror attacks in Paris, Poland cannot go ahead with an EU agreement to accept some 7,000 refugees without guarantees of
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After Aylan Kurdi, another drowned toddler washes up on Turkish beach
World | Sep 18, 2015, 07:58 PM ISTIstanbul: A four-year-old Syrian girl's body washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday, state media said, just weeks after images of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi shook the world.The yet-to-be identified girl
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad blames Europe for refugee crisis
World | Sep 16, 2015, 11:00 PM ISTMoscow: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, in an interview published on Wednesday by several Russian media outlets, blamed Europe for the refugee crisis since "it supported terrorism"."Europe is responsible because it supports terrorism, as I said
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Refugee crisis: Hungary declares emergency; seals border, detains migrants
World | Sep 15, 2015, 08:50 PM ISTRoszke (Hungary): Declaring a state of emergency, Hungary sealed off its southern border with Serbia on Tuesday and detained those trying to enter illegally, aiming to shut down the flow of migrants pouring in. Chaos
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Damascus to Berlin; a Syrian family's escape to new life
World | Sep 11, 2015, 09:53 PM ISTBerlin: The Syrian family asks with wonder why they didn't die like thousands of others like them: killed by bombs in their native Damascus; drowned by the rough waves of the Mediterranean; or suffocated in
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Refugee crisis: Apple founder Steve Jobs was a Syrian migrant's child
World | Sep 08, 2015, 08:42 PM ISTNew Delhi: Tragic pictures of Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi, who died after drowning in the Mediterranean Sea while fleeing his home in Syrian, put the spotlight on the refugee crisis in Middle East nation.Amid the
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Ten other images of refugees that did not go viral
World | Sep 07, 2015, 09:44 PM ISTNew Delhi: Earlier this week, harrowing images of three year old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a Turkish beach went viral. In the days that followed, world leaders came out in support of
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Identity scam: Pakistanis, others dumping IDs to become Syrian migrants
World | Sep 07, 2015, 07:40 PM ISTHajdukovo (Serbia): A Pakistani identity card in the bushes, a Bangladeshi one in a cornfield. A torn Iraqi driver's license bearing the photo of a man with a Saddam-style mustache, another one with a scarfed
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Why dead Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi's family left their home in Kobani
World | Jun 13, 2016, 01:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: The picture of a three-year-old migrant boy Aylan Kurdi washed ashore on a Turkish beach last week took the world by storm.The concern for Syrian migrants, pouring in Europe, rose above the regional
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UN asks people to give $1 each for Syrian Refugees
World | Dec 04, 2014, 09:39 AM ISTUnited Nations: The World Food Program launched an unusual campaign on Wednesday to raise $1 contributions from 64 million people around the world so it can restore food vouchers to Syrian refugees who won't be
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270 Syrian refugees saved off coast of Cyprus
World | Nov 24, 2014, 09:33 AM ISTNicosia: A boat carrying 270 Syrian refugees trying to reach Europe was towed to the Turkish controlled northern coast of Cyprus after drifting for several hours.The rescue operation took place overnight between Saturday and Sunday,
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Czech Republic ready to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon
World | Nov 13, 2014, 06:15 AM ISTBeirut: Czech Republic Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek said on Wednesday that his country is willing to help Lebanon to offer assistance to the Syrian refugees that are taking shelters in the country.Following a meeting with
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China offers donation to aid Syrian refugees in Lebanon
World | Nov 06, 2014, 08:10 AM ISTBeirut: Lebanese and Chinese governments have signed an agreement on a donation granted by Beijing to the social service centres affiliated to Lebanon's ministry of social affairs.The agreement was signed by Lebanon's Minister for Social
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Over 591,000 Syrian refugees now in Jordan
World | Feb 11, 2014, 07:18 PM ISTAmman: Jordan on Tuesday said the overall number of Syrian refugees in the country reached 591,176 since the start of the unrest in Syria three years ago.The government said a total of 136,952 refugees live
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Syrian unrest: 792,900 refugees in Lebanon
World | Oct 14, 2013, 07:53 AM ISTBeirut : The war in Syria and the influx of increasing number of refugees have cost Lebanon billions of dollars, according to a World Bank report.Thus Lebanon is going through a phase of financial crisis.In
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Over 716,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon
World | Sep 02, 2013, 08:50 AM ISTBeirut: The number of Syrian refugees receiving aid in Lebanon has surpassed 716,000 with the arrival of 13,000 more people last week, the UN's refugee agency has said.Of these refugees, about 606,000 have been registered