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‘No ticket to Europe’: Send refugees back home or settle them on islands, says Austrian FM
Refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach European shores have to be sent back or re-settled on islands, Austria’s Foreign Minister has said, adding that being rescued from a boat in distress should be “no ticket to Europe.” Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz told Die Presse newspaper in an interview on Saturday that Europe […]
Syrian refugees in Turkey train for better jobs with their host communities
Syrian refugees and members of the host community are taking part in Turkish language courses and vocational training programmes to increase their employability. These programmes in Turkey are being implemented by local partners with support from the ILO to improve livelihoods and decent work opportunities for both communities. (Closed Captions available) Read more... [Translate]
EU migrant deal at risk? Greek judges rule Turkey ‘unsafe’ for refugees
reek judges have ruled that a Syrian asylum seeker should not be sent back to Turkey because it is not safe. Amnesty International campaigners say the decision throws the EU-Turkey migrant deal into doubt. They say migrants in Turkey do not have basic human rights and many are at risk of being taken to […]
Turkey now the largest of host of refugees: UNDP
Mercy Refugees House: The humanitarian crisis in Turkey's southern neighborhood has pushed over 2 million people, mostly from Syria, to relocate from their home countries to Turkey, but "we haven't seen the worst," said Helen Clark, the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), outlining her expectation that more people will choose Turkey […]
‘Refugees are a challenge to all:’ Turkish Development Min.
Turkey's Development Minister says support for refugees should come from all nations Turkey has not had sufficient international support in caring for refugees, Turkish Development Minister Cevdet Yilmaz said on Tuesday. Speaking at a conference with the chief director of the United Nations Development Program in Ankara, Yilmaz said that the financial […]Donate Now
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