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March 28th, 2019 - 11:22 GMT

UNHCR and Google Put Their Heads Together

As part of its education strategy, the UNHCR, in collaboration with Learning Equality and with funding from Google.org, recently announced it was launching 10 learning hubs in community centres throughout the Kingdom.

He poured diesel on his hands and body in Tripoli before setting himself on fire (Shutterstock/File)

January 10th, 2018 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian Sets Himself on Fire Outside Lebanon UNHCR Center

According to U.N., there are some 27,000 Eritreans and 7,700 Sudanese in Israel (AFP/File)

January 9th, 2018 - 05:29 GMT

UN to Israel: Stop Plans to Relocate African Migrants

The ministry continues to insist the refugee influx and the 2006 war with Israel are the only causes of environmental catastrophes threatening the well-being of residents (AFP/File)

January 9th, 2018 - 07:53 GMT

Syrian Refugees to Blame for Waste-Polluted River: Lebanon Environment Minister

UNHCR said that the count of Syria refugees registered in Lebanon as of the end of November was 997,905 (AFP/File)

January 8th, 2018 - 04:01 GMT

80% of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon Want to Go Home: ICRC

“UNRWA is an organization that perpetuates the problem of the Palestinian refugees" (AFP/File)

January 7th, 2018 - 03:05 GMT

Netanyahu Backs Trump on Cutting Aid to UNRWA

There is a common perception that men are more able to look after themselves and handle the difficulties caused by displacement. Therefore, their specific vulnerabilities are often overlooked (AFP/File)

January 7th, 2018 - 07:54 GMT

Risks Faced by Male Refugees Often Overlooked: NGO Report

Most of the migrants entered Israel by crossing through Egypt from Eritrea and Sudan seeking asylum (AFP/File)

January 3rd, 2018 - 08:31 GMT

Leave or Face Imprisonment: Israel to African Migrants

In 2007, roughly 3,500 Sudanese fled the conflict in the troubled Darfur region to CAR (AFP/File)

January 3rd, 2018 - 06:00 GMT

Over 400 Sudanese Refugees Returned From CAR Since Mid-December: UNHCR

A Syrian family rest in a room where they are residing in the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, April 5, 2016. (ANWAR AMRO/AFP)

December 19th, 2017 - 05:00 GMT

The Bureaucratic Nightmare of Marriage for Syrians in Lebanon

The survey assessed the variety and intensity levels of stressors among Syrian refugees in urban settings and camps, as well as Jordanians (Shutterstock/File)

December 18th, 2017 - 02:34 GMT

Syrian Refugees in Urban Settings Suffer the Most Mental Health Issues: Study

Nearly 420,000 migrants from 38 nationalities are trapped in Libya as about 120,000 individuals arrived in Europe this year (AFP/File)

December 12th, 2017 - 12:47 GMT

Europe Actively Supports Migrant Abuse and Exploitation: Amnesty

Between 19.5 to 27 percent of male survey respondents confirmed having experienced sexual harassment or unwanted sexual contact as boys (Bulent Kilic/AFP)

December 10th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Sexual Violence Against Syrian Males Revealed in UNHCR Study