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The Bab al-Hawa border crossing between Syria and Turkey, December 8, 2024.

Syrians return home after 11 years in exile, face legal and infrastructure hurdles

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line

A rescuer rests at the site of a Russian drone and missile strike on residential buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine September 4, 2024.

Ukraine's population has fallen by 10 million since Russia's invasion, UN says

Crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), distribute life jackets to a group of 61 migrants on a boat during a rescue operation in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September, 2023.

UN refugee chief tells countries to drop ineffective border controls

Turkish Army tanks driving to the Syrian Turkish border town of Jarabulus.

Erdogan-Assad meeting 'possible' despite hurdles, Syrian opposition leader says

By REUTERS

Syrian refugee children pose as they play near their families' residence at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 30, 2016.

Cyprus, Lebanon collaborate to block Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, report shows

By ANDREA LÓPEZ-TOMÀS/THE MEDIA LINE

Frontex’s Executive Director Hans Leijtens speaks to German and Greek border police during his visit at the border between Bulgaria and Turkey, near Kapitan Andreevo, Bulgaria, February 29, 2024.

German police investigate political motivation for gang rape of Iranian dissident

By Yuval Barnea

A Swedish soldier stands next to a ceremonial cannon in the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024.

Sweden offers $34,000 incentive for immigrants to return home amidst policy shift

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Migrants stand on an iron boat near NGO Open Arms rescue boat "Astral" in international waters south of Lampedusa, in the central Mediterranean Sea, August 11, 2024.

HRW Report: Lebanon and Cyprus violating refugee rights

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican, August 28, 2024.

Pope Francis says refusing aid to migrants a 'grave sin'

By REUTERS

Artie Jacobowitz, a volunteer biomedical equipment engineer.

Ruach Hadash: Volunteer clinic in Haifa serves asylum-seeking refugees

By WENDY BLUMFIELD

Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton reacts during a motion to suspend standing orders in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, August 15, 2024.

Australia lawmaker calls opposition leader racist over opposition to Gaza refugees

By REUTERS

Supporters of pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) gather to celebrate Nowruz, which marks the arrival of spring, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 17, 2024.

The war on Syrian Kurds and the little-known axis of ethnic cleansing

By HADEEL OUEIS

udanese woman rests inside a shelter at Zamzam camp, in North Darfur, Sudan, August 1, 2024.

Floods and famine overwhelm Sudan's largest refugee camp

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Turkey-Syria Barrier, on the left is the Autonomous Administration of North East Syria (AANES).

Syrian human smuggler has refugee status claim rejected by German court

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

JORDAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi (right) meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in Amman, last week. In 1949, when Israel supported the establishment of UNRWA, it was supposed to fulfill its goal and disband.

Now is a unique opportunity for UNRWA to change, Israel should take it

By TOVA HERZL

UNHCR CHIEF Filippo Grandi: The UNHCR is much more competent than UNRWA in confronting the problem of refugees and settling them, says the writer.

UNRWA is not an aid agency, it is more like an illegal drug dealer: It must be replaced

By Efraim Laor

Children sit on top of belongings, as Palestinians prepare to evacuate, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip earlier this year..

Complex landscape awaits Gazan evacuees in Cairo

By JACOB WIRTSCHAFTER/THE MEDIA LINE , Amr Abu Ali/The Media Line

Palestinians search for food among burnt debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024.

Canada pledges more visas for Gazans, says it's 'horrified' by Israeli airstrike in Rafah

By REUTERS