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Photos: Town in Idlib province transformed by war

In the opposition-held town of Sarmada near the border with Turkey, thousands of displaced Syrians go about their daily lives with little hope of returning to their homes any time soon. Row upon row of tents, brick homes and other structures with water tanks on top dot the town, making...

EU border agency: 'Illegal border crossings' on the rise

BRUSSELS (AP) — The number of people trying to enter Europe without authorization has risen significantly this year to surpass migrant border crossing figures from 2019, before restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic severely limited travel, the European Union’s border and coast...

Migrant dies at sea off Greek island of Crete; 70 rescued

A migrant died and 70 more were rescued when their boat started taking in water southwest of the island of Crete, Greece's Coast Guard says. A Coast Guard spokesman told the Associated Press the 70 survivors, who have been brought to land after they were rescued by a cargo ship and a Coast...

Cham Wings Airlines is key doer in Belarus migrant crisis

Syrian Cham Wings Airlines is a key actor in the migrant crisis as hundreds of them, mostly Syrians, remain trapped on the Belarus-Poland border.  Over the past months, the Assad-linked carrier and Damascus-based traffickers have facilitated the flow of migrants to Belarus through...