UN agency seeks fund for Congolese refugees

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 11:08

The UN refugee agency said Friday it is seeking an extra fund of $21.4 million to assist civilians who have fled the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to take refuge in neighbouring Uganda, Xinhua reported.

Finland to build rooms for Syrian refugees

Last Updated: Saturday, September 21, 2013, 11:00

Finland has decided to construct more rooms in a bid to accommodate probable Syrian refugees, since the US is continuing with its threat of a limited strike in Syria.

Jordan appeals for aid to cope with Syrian refugees

Last Updated: Thursday, September 12, 2013, 23:42

Jordan needs hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to cope with the mounting number of Syrian refugees, Social Development Minister Reem Abu Hassan said in Paris on Thursday.

First group of Syrian refugees to relocate in Germany

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 11, 2013, 12:36

the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced that the first group of over 100 refugees will leave Lebanon to be relocated in Germany Wednesday.

Syrian exodus to go on if chemical attack ignored: Turkey

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 22:52

The Syrian refugee crisis may worsen if there is no international reaction in response to last month`s alleged chemical weapons attack, Turkey`s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday.

Iraq launches peace initiative for Syrian crisis

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 20:37

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Wednesday launched a new peace initiative to end the Syrian crisis and called on the Arab countries and the world to back his plan.

Sweden offers home to Syrian refugees

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 18:13

The Swedish migration board decided on Tuesday that all Syrian refugees coming to Sweden could become permanent residents due to the deteriorating conditions in Syria, reports Xinhua.

Seven million Syrians displaced by civil war: UN

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 18:58

Seven million Syrians, or nearly one-third of the population, have been displaced by the country`s civil war, but international aid to them has been a "drop in the sea" of humanitarian need, a top UN official said.

Syrians flee to Lebanon as US prepares for strike

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 23:21

As UN inspectors crossed the border from Syria into Lebanon Saturday, they were followed out of the war-torn country by a continuous flow of families desperate to flee the threat of US strikes.

`Australian political parties nastier than Taliban on refugees`

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 13:10

A prominent human rights lawyer has compared major political parties in Australia to the Taliban.

Flood of Syria refugees to Iraq tops 40,000

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 09:17

More than 40,000 Syrians have fled to Iraqi Kurdistan in little over a week to escape an escalation in fighting between Kurdish rebels and Islamists, the United Nations said on Saturday.

One millionth child refugee flees Syria: UN

Last Updated: Friday, August 23, 2013, 12:51

The number of children who have fled war-torn Syria hit one million on Friday, while two million kids have been displaced within their homeland`s borders by the conflict