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          Refugees

          The latest news and stories on refugees and asylum seekers

          Forensic teams inspect the lorry where the bodies at least 20 migrants were found just off a motorway in Austria. Dieter Nagl / AFP Photo

          ‘Dark day’ as 50 migrants found dead in lorry in Austria

          WorldAugust 27, 2015
          Syrian migrants crawl under a fence into Hungary at the border with Serbia, near Roszke. Hungary’s government is building a 175-kilometre fence on its border with Serbia to try to halt the flow of migrants on their way to western Europe. Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

          Hungary migrant crisis escalates as police fire teargas

          WorldAugust 26, 2015
          Syrian migrants cross under a fence into Hungary at the border with Serbia, as the government started to construct a 175-km-long fence to halt the flow of migrants. Laszlo Balogh / Reuters

          Germany opts for refuge, not barriers

          OpinionAugust 26, 2015
          A Fatah fighter shoots his weapon during clashes in the Ain Al Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, on August 25, 2015. Ali Hashisho/Reuters

          Hundreds flee as clashes kill 3 at Lebanese Palestinian camp

          WorldAugust 25, 2015
          Syrian refugees drown as Europe confronts growing migrant crisis - video

          Syrian refugees drown as Europe confronts growing migrant crisis - video

          WorldAugust 25, 2015
          Labourers carry out work on a project funded by the UAE to improve water, sanitation and hygiene for Syrian refugees in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. Courtesy UNCHR

          New sewage system to be installed in the UAE-funded Za’atari refugee camp

          UAEAugust 16, 2015
          Buildings are left severely damaged following clashes between Southern Popular Resistance fighters and Houthi fighters in Yemen's southern port city of Aden on May 8, 2015. Stringer/Reuters

          Yemeni refugees return home to an Aden in ruins

          WorldAugust 11, 2015
          Migrants walk in the direction of the Eurotunnel terminal on August 6, 2015 in Frethun near Calais, northern France. Philippe Huguen / AFP

          The suffering of refugees is painful – and hidden

          OpinionAugust 08, 2015
          Syrian refugees walk at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. Raad Adayleh / AP Photo

          A refugee camp becomes a city

          OpinionAugust 04, 2015
          Philip Theron, left, and Conrad Theron will embark on the rickshaw challenge with their friend Kevin Conabree in India. Sarah Dea / The National

          Dubai residents embark on 5,000 km charity rickshaw ride across India

          July 26, 2015
          Workers at a garment factory in South East Asia. iStockphoto.com

          Book review: The Hidden Structure of Violence reveals how global institutions have vested interests in conflict

          July 23, 2015
          Afghan migrants sit on the ground after being detained by the Greek port police in Lesbos. Uriel Sinai / Getty

          Greece shoulders an unfair share of refugee burden

          OpinionJuly 20, 2015

          Emirates Red Crescent offers gifts to refugees

          UAEJuly 19, 2015
          Mohammad, 15, is pictured with his mother Islam in the living room of their home in the West Bank refugee camp of Aida. Kate Shuttleworth for The National

          Entrepreneurial Palestinian mothers host iftars to help disabled children

          WorldJuly 11, 2015
          Syrian children who fled their home with their family due to the fighting, lie on the ground while they and others take refuge at the Bab Al Salameh border crossing, in the hope of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey. Muhammed Muheisen, File/AFP Photo

          Number of Syrian refugees in region passes four million mark

          WorldJuly 09, 2015
          Syrian children take refuge at the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing. Muhammed Muheisen / AP

          The world has got too used to Syria’s tragedy

          OpinionJuly 09, 2015
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