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UK to accept extra children from Syria

Britain is to offer refuge to unaccompanied children from Syria and other conflict zones, the government announced Thursday. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said his department would fund programs to identify children in camps on Syria’s borders as well as those already in Europe with...

New snowstorm sweeps Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon

(Zaman Al Wasl)- A new snowstorm in two weeks is sweeping Syrian refugee camps in Lebanese Bekaa valley and border town of Arsal, forecasts said Monday. More than 1 million Syrians are enduring another winter as refugees in Lebanon. For some, it is their fifth in a row, displaced by...

Syrian child refugees need urgent help say UK lawmakers

British lawmakers on Tuesday urged the country to accept thousands of Syrian child refugees who otherwise face a “perilous journey” across Europe. Members of parliament’s International Development Committee said unaccompanied children risked exploitation on their journey. Chairman...