Human Rights Watch has accused the Lebanese government of leaving refugees and migrants behind in its COVID-19 vaccination strategy. The group says the vaccination program has been "tainted by political interference and a lack of information."
On the occasion of the fifth international conference on Syria, the United Nations has launched an appeal to international donors to finance support to Syrians within the country and to the communities that host refugees from the conflict.
Eight Syrian refugees arrived in Rome from Lebanon on Monday through the humanitarian corridors organized by the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Federation of Protestant Churches and the Italian government.
Amnesty International says Lebanese security forces have committed "shocking violations," including torture, against some Syrian refugees in Lebanon over the past ten years. The country is home to some 1.5 million Syrian refugees.
The economic repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis have forced many irregular migrants from Ethiopia to return home, where they are faced with destitution on a daily basis. Some turn to sex work as their only option to rise out of abject poverty. Others resort to prostitution to finance their next migration.
Human Rights Watch has spoken out about the dire conditions Syrian refugees are suffering in the Lebanese town of Arsal, along the border with Syria. This winter is the second since their makeshift homes were dismantled and many refugees are still left without any sort of protection from brutal weather conditions.
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Eight people have been arrested after an arson attack at a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon. Two Lebanese and six Syrian nationals are alleged to have been involved in the attack, according to the Lebanese army.
Lebanese military officials have said that the fire was started after a row between Syrian refugees and their employer, a local family, over pay. An investigation is ongoing.
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.
Early Monday morning a boat with 21 migrants was intercepted by police off Cyprus. It was the third group of migrants who arrived on the island state from Turkey within a few days.
A Syrian refugee in Beirut set himself ablaze outside the offices of UN refugee agency, a UN official said on Thursday. Living conditions for the 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon have long been deteriorating.