The representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Syria, Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, confirmed on Friday that 270,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their country after the fall of the Assad regime on December 8. Llosa said that "270,000 Syrian refugees have returned to...

Baden-Württemberg Justice Minister Marion Jentings has called for reconstruction aid in Syria to be linked to the new Syrian government's cooperation in returning refugees. "Any support for reconstruction must be conditional on the new authorities' commitment to creating suitable...

The Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) is moving to deport minor asylum seekers more quickly if they have committed crimes, rather than treating them as juveniles. This law will come into effect within two weeks, and the IND can refuse or revoke permits on the basis of these...

Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since the fall of Bashar Al Assad in early December, the UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said ahead of a visit to the region. Between December 8 and January 16, some 195,200 Syrians returned home, according to figures published by Grandi on...