Lebanon

• Lebanon

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has called for more global attention and funding support to counter the impact of COVID-19 on forcibly displaced people worldwide.

• Cyprus
• Lebanon
• Syria

Cypriot authorities intercepted two boats carrying 88 migrants off the island's coast and transferred them back to Lebanon.

• Lebanon

The economic crisis in Lebanon has left 120,000 migrant workers in need of humanitarian assistance to survive, according to UN migration agency IOM.

• Italy
• Lebanon

In Italy, the government and a number of Christian organizations have signed a deal that will allow for 1,000 refugees to be transferred primarily from Lebanon over the next two years.

• Germany
• Lebanon

Germany's capital Berlin has announced it wants to welcome 500 vulnerable people over the next five years, mainly Syrians and Iraqis. The people in question have sought refuge in Lebanon.

• Lebanon
• Syria
• Turkey

The vaccination campaign is underway in Turkey, but migrants face an especially large number of challenges on the road to immunization. The government has been keeping a low profile on the issue.

• Cyprus
• Lebanon

The Lebanese authorities have expelled 15 Syrian refugees from among a group of people who had tried in recent days to reach the coast of Cyprus but were pushed back by Cypriot authorities.

• Cyprus
• Lebanon

A boat with 56 migrants on board was spotted off the coast of Cyprus on Sunday. The Cypriot authorities checked the documents of people on board at sea and then asked the group to return to Lebanon from where they had set off.

• Cyprus
• Lebanon

Lebanese police say they have again prevented dozens of Syrians from reaching Cyprus by sea. Over the past year, there have been numerous attempts to smuggle migrants to the small EU member state.

• Cyprus
• Lebanon

Lebanese troops have foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of Syrian migrants to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, according to the military. There have been numerous attempts over the past year to smuggle migrants to EU member Cyprus, some of them deadly.

• France
• Iraq
• Lebanon

French civil society groups have formalized an agreement with the French government to renew the "Humanitarian Corridors" protocol. The deal benefits vulnerable Iraqi and Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

• Lebanon

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."