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Hardening European policies keep refugee children apart from their families

20 April 2017

Refugee families often send their eldest children on ahead to Europe, but reunification is getting harder

Feature

Techno-utopian solutions to Syria’s refugee crisis fall short
11 April 2017
Technology-led aid projects for Syrian refugees are all the rage, but are they addressing real needs?
Feature

Jordan looks to turn refugee crisis into economic boon
21 March 2017
The Jordanian blueprint for making refugees a profitable resource is struggling

EXCLUSIVE: World Vision rattles aid groups with solo operation for Syrians at Jordan border
24 January 2017 Investigations
The “buffer zone” plan for 70,000 stranded Syrian refugees
7 October 2016 Analysis
EXCLUSIVE: The UN is waiting for Assad to approve its new Syria chief
27 September 2016 News

Special Report

Thousands of Syrians are stranded in legal limbo on the Jordanian border
9 June 2016
Tens of thousands of Syrians face a grim Ramadan in a harsh desert limbo.
Special Report

Jordan detains Syrian refugees in Village 5 “jail”
27 May 2016
IRIN gained rare access to Village 5, the fenced-off compound where Jordan has effectively been detaining almost all Syrian refugees granted entry to the country...
Analysis

Eye spy: biometric aid system trials in Jordan
18 May 2016
Syrian refugees in Jordan are using new biometric data technology to access assistance. But some find it inconvenient, and aid agencies must decide if it...
Special Report

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No way out: How Syrians are struggling to find an exit
10 March 2016
As war in Syria drags on, neighbouring countries are sealing their borders leaving the vast majority of Syrians with no legal escape route
Feature

Jordan cracks down on refugees
6 January 2016
The Sudanese asylum seekers and refugees had been protesting for more than a month when the police came to deport them late December. Hundreds were...
Analysis

Rent to tent and back again
12 October 2015
Readying a fundraiser for an Aleppo hospital, a London boutique owner expressed her concern about the Syrian refugees who’ve fled to neighbouring countries: “They’re living...

Off the cliff
1 August 2015 Maps and Graphics
Can the UN's agency for Palestinians be fixed?
3 July 2015 Analysis
Time for a new deal for Middle East's displaced?
10 June 2015 Analysis
The case that exposes Jordan's deportation double standards
25 May 2015 Feature
Donors asked to dig deep for Syria
31 March 2015 News
What refugees really think of aid agencies
5 March 2015 Analysis

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