More than 410,00 Syrians who fled to Turkey during the rule of Bashar al-Assad have returned home since he was overthrown in December, the government announced Thursday. Turkey’s interior ministry said 411,649 Syrians had so far returned, the rate picking up in recent weeks, with the...

In a coordinated security operation between Germany, the Netherlands, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, five individuals suspected of involvement in smuggling hundreds of migrants, mostly Syrians, to Western European countries via the so-called "Balkan Route" were arrested. The NOS website...

Cypriot authorities have begun deporting a number of Syrian refugees, whom they consider a "threat to public order and national security," in an escalating move that follows months of intensive security vetting of Syrian asylum seekers. According to the Cypriot website Sigma Life, the...

Belgian authorities announced the implementation of a new set of strict asylum laws and procedures, effective Monday. Asylum seekers who have previously received protection in any other European Union member state will no longer be able to receive shelter in Belgium. Belgian Minister of...