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Sweden scraps automatic asylum for Syrians after six years

The Swedish Migration Agency will no longer issue residence permits to all refugees coming from Syria, ending a generous policy which over the last six years has seen over 100,000 Syrians granted asylum in the country. In September 2013, Sweden was the first country in the world to open its...

Lebanon: 787 Syrian refugees return home

 Lebanese General Security Thursday returned 787 Syrian refugees to their home country, a statement from the agency said. Syrians who had registered with General Security saying that they wished to return home gathered at meeting points across the country at 6 a.m. Thursday...

Blind Syrian receives 'Church Asylum' in Germany

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Mohieddin Saho, a Syrian refugee who were at risk of deportation from Germany, has received church asylum in the city of Rothenburg after the German authorities decided to deport him to Spain, it being the first European country he entered. The first attempt to deport...