A report released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW) details mass evictions of over 3,500 Syrian refugees from various regions of Lebanon. Hostility towards Syrians is rising and other discriminatory restrictions have been introduced, the report finds.
The International Organization for Migration is launching a project to prepare Syrian refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey for resettlement in Europe. The Link It project hopes to overcome problems faced by migrants in integrating successfully in host countries.
A recent study by the University of Glasgow on Syrian refugees in Greece, the UK, and Lebanon found that two thirds of young Syrians in the UK are in work or study and want to stay and contribute to the economy.
UNHCR has said that, due to lack of funding, dozens of Syrian refugees in Lebanon, risk not getting the medical treatment they need to survive. Among them is Abdel Razzaq, a teen suffering from kidney failure.
Thousands of Syrian newborns in Lebanon run the risk of being citizens of nowhere due to Kafkaesque bureaucracy. One family decided to take matters into their own hands and are moving to Belgium. Anchal Vohra reports.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are more vulnerable than ever before: over half live in conditions of extreme poverty and over three quarters live below the poverty line. This is what emerges from the latest research conducted by UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP.
The Muppets will be put into the service of supporting refugees thanks to a project by the Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). The organizations will bring the famous puppets' educational programme to Syrian refugee children in Middle Eastern countries.
"Clown Me In" is a theatre company that works to inform and cheer up refugees in Lebanon and disadvantaged people around the world. The project involves a group of artists who use a travelling caravan project to bring joy to the refugee camps in Lebanon.
Recycle Beirut is a social enterprise aiming to find a single solution to the refuse and refugee crises in Lebanon. It has recently launched a new initiative to renovate refugee housing using recycled material.
Refugees in a border town in northeast Lebanon are returning to Syria due to the harsh conditions there. Human Rights Watch has found multiple rights violations taking place in the city, which is under strict military control.
George and Amal Clooney have decided to fund schools for 3,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. NGOs are split over Italian migrant rescue rules of conduct and Italy's Surpreme Court has ruled against deporting a disabled migrant.
A foundation set up by George and Amal Clooney is to fund public schools for 3,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. Close to 200,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are currently out of school.