BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of Syrian refugees leaving Lebanon is likely to keep rising as donors cut back on aid, the head of the U.N.'s migration agency warned Tuesday, as pressure builds over their arrival on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Amy Pope, director general of the...

(Beirut) –  Lebanese  authorities have arbitrarily detained, tortured, and forcibly returned Syrians to Syria in recent months, including opposition activists and army defectors, Human Rights Watch said today. Between January and March 2024, Human Rights Watch documented the...

BERLIN (AP) — The German parliament on Friday approved legislation introducing payment cards for asylum-seekers, a system that is meant to limit benefits paid in cash and make the country less attractive for migrants. Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Germany's 16 state governors agreed in...

Syrian physicians in Germany ranked first among foreign doctors, as their number reached 6,120 doctors, most of whom came to the country with the start of the refugee wave in 2015. This number does not include doctors with German citizenship. German media said that more than 60,000 foreign...