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  • Syria – doubling of refugees fleeing to Jordan

    news UNHCR -This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva, 28 Aug 2012 (11 years ago )
    Syria – doubling of refugees fleeing to Jordan The pace of arrivals from the Syrian border to the Za’atri camp in the north of Jordan has doubled in the past week. 10,200 people arrived in the seven days between 21-27 August compared to 4,500 the previous week. More than 22,000 people have been rec...
  • Germany donates 500,000 euros for Healthcare of Syrians in Lebanon

    news UNHCR, 05 Sep 2012 (11 years ago )
    On August 23, UNHCR welcomed a 500,000 euro donation by the German government to help meet the health needs of displaced Syrians in Lebanon. This brings the total contribution of the Government of Germany to UNHCR’s efforts for Syrian refugees in Lebanon to one million euros. The donation will h...
  • UNHCR chief Guterres and Angelina Jolie visit refugees in Jordan

    news UNHCR, 11 Sep 2012 (11 years ago )
    News Stories, 11 September 2012 ZA'ATRI, Jordan, September 11 (UNHCR) – UNHCR chief António Guterres and Special Envoy Angelina Jolie have heard harrowing tales of suffering and cross-border escape during meetings with Syrian refugees in northern Jordan. Guterres and Jolie on Tuesday both vis...
  • UNHCR Press Release - Angelina Jolie travels to Syria-Jordan border as refugee influx continues

    news UNHCR, 06 Dec 2012 (11 years ago )
    UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie travelled to the Jordan-Syria border overnight on Wednesday-Thursday to meet frightened and exhausted Syrian refugees who had just completed the perilous crossing to safety in Jordan. "What I saw last night is a dramatic example of the plight of hundreds of thousa...
  • Syrian refugees, fleeing violence, try to adapt in Egypt

    news Al Shorfa.com, 30 Oct 2012 (11 years ago )
    More than six months have passed since Khalil Othman, 37, began looking for a job in Cairo to cover his family's expenses. Othman's family fled to Egypt from Syria after their house in Homs collapsed due to constant Syrian army shelling of the city. Khalil, a secondary school teacher in Syria...
  • MEPs to visit refugee camp at the Syria-Jordan border

    news European Parliament Press Release, 08 Feb 2013 (11 years ago )
    A delegation of four MEPs will go to Jordan on 11-14 February to meet refugees who have fled the conflict in Syria and to see at first hand the conditions on the ground. The MEPs will also talk to local authorities and international organisations working in the field. The aim is to assess the refuge...
  • In Egypt, Damascus on the Nile

    news Syria Deeply, 26 Feb 2013 (11 years ago )
    CAIRO – Last year, Omar Haidar arrived in Egypt. As bombs rattled entire neighborhoods, the 26-year old hotel manager fled his family’s village in the hard-hit suburbs of Damascus. After participating in protests, Haidar was arrested by Syrian military security in August 2011. After his release, he...
  • Syrians find refuge in food, bringing cuisine to Egypt

    news Egypt Independent, 27 Feb 2013 (11 years ago )
    At first glance, Al-Shami Shawerma could be just another Egyptianized Syrian sandwich shop catering to the lunch rush around Hosary Square in the 6th of October settlement in Giza. But the Syrian dialect of this new restaurant’s owner, Nader Abu Waseem, tells a different story. Three months ago, ...
  • Fleeing Syria, Palestinians find haven and hardships in Egypt

    news Egypt Independent, 18 Mar 2013 (11 years ago )
    Rula Deeb, 26, was born in Damascus and calls Syria her home. But after months of government bombings, indiscriminate violence and rising scarcity of basic goods, Deeb, whose grandparents fled Gaza for Syria in 1948, felt she could no longer safely stay. As a Syrian with Palestinian refugee docum...
  • UNHCR renews call for urgent funding to help Syrian refugees

    news UNHCR, 15/03/2013, 15 Mar 2013 (11 years ago )
    Beirut,15 March 2013-During his last visit to Lebanon, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres reiterated his call for governments to create special funds to support Syrian refugees and the countries that host them.Speaking to journalists in Beirut on the second anniversary of the start o...