The number of people trying to cross the border irregularly between Belarus and Poland is rising again. Polish officials say they are taking a new route from the Middle East through Russia to reach the EU.
Syrians in Jordan received 62,000 work permits in 2021 – a record high number. The country hosts more than 700,000 refugees, most of whom come from Syria.
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says Jordan has opened a coronavirus vaccination center in the Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees. The facility is supposedly the first of its kind.
International organizations and charities are worried that migrants, refugees, and displaced people are sometimes being forgotten or ignored from national vaccination strategies. They call on the global community to do more to make sure everyone is immunized.
Jordan has launched a comprehensive COVID-19 vaccination program for refugees and asylum seekers. It is one of the first countries in the world to address the particular risk situation of refugees.
The ban on deportations of Syrian nationals deemed to pose a risk to security in Germany will expire at the end of the year. The interior ministers of Germany's state governments had failed to agree on the terms of an extension. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the expulsions will become possible on the practical level.
At Zaatari camp in Jordan, refugees are growing herbs, tomatoes and cucumbers... even though the camp is located in the desert, water is scarce and the land is infertile. Their solution involves recycling old mattresses...
This World Refugee Day, anyone interested in the themes of refugees and empowerment will have the chance to take part in a Virtual Refugee Conference. This rare event will include refugees, activists and others from all over the world.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has urged donors from around the world to support the vital needs of some 3 million Syrians suffering under the global coronavirus pandemic after nearly a decade of civil war. Roughly 1.3 million Syrians are considered to have been internally displaced this year alone, while 1.7 million are freshly registering are refugees abroad.
The organisation Action Against Hunger has launched a free telephone hotline in response to the coronavirus emergency in Jordan. It offers updated information on the risks tied to the pandemic for vulnerable groups, in particular Syrian refugees.
The Danish Refugee Council has warned that the COVID-19 crisis will have devastating long-term consequences for displaced people. It wants to raise $75 million to protect these communities beyond the current pandemic.
The European Union has approved an aid package worth almost 240 million euros. The goal: To help Syrian refugees in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon. Total aid from the EU fund for Syrian refugees now comes to two billion euros.