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Access to food 'precarious' for Syrians stranded near Jordan

The U.N. humanitarian chief has called for immediate access to deliver "life-saving assistance" to 50,000 Syrians stranded on the sealed border with Jordan, amid reports of shrinking food supplies. Mark Lowcock told the U.N. Security Council from Jordan late Monday that "access to food...

Human rights NGOs urge Greece to transfer refugees

Human rights organizations are urging the Greek authorities to alleviate living conditions for thousands of migrants reaching the country’s island from Turkey. Human Rights Watch in a report published on Monday said thousands of asylum seekers are living in awful conditions on the...