Jordan on Thursday said the World Food Programme (WFP) will cut its aid subsidies to Syrian refugees in the kingdom as of Aug.1. According to a statement by Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, other UN aid agencies will follow suit, and he stressed that his country will "not be able to fill the...
Turkish authorities announced the arrest of 511 illegal migrants in Istanbul, northwest Turkiye. According to Turkiye's Anadolu Agency, the authorities were able to arrest 511 illegal migrants following inquiries about migrants in the area. The migrants will be transferred to the...
The state of Kocaeli, northwestern Turkey, witnessed great tension between the Syrians and the Turks on Sunday as a result of which the Turkish citizens staged an angry demonstration, calling for the expulsion of the refugees, due to the poisoning of a dog owned by a Turkish family....
As rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea flagged last week, and bodies were found more frequently than survivors from among the more than 500 people missing after an overcrowded fishing trawler sank, the European Commission's president was asked for her thoughts. “It is horrible,...
