The number of asylum seekers in Austria has decreased significantly in the first half of 2024, as shown by the asylum statistics on Friday, according to the Austrian Press Agency APA. In total, exactly 13,479 asylum applications were filed in the period from January to June. This is 42...

The leader of the far-right Freedom Party in the Dutch parliament has called on the government to seek to strengthen diplomatic relations with the Bashar al-Assad regime in order to facilitate the return of Syrian refugees to areas it considers "safe" in Syria, according to the website of...

Hundreds of Syrians protested in The Hague against Dutch government plans to return refugees to areas in Syria deemed safe, taking to the streets of the capital last Sunday. Coalition parties want to designate so-called “safe” zones before the end of the year so they can start returning...

The UN said Wednesday that the international community urgently needs to focus on Syria amid escalating conflicts in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza and Lebanon.  "Syria demands our collective attention," UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said at a UN Security Council...