Facing the fear of water: Refugees learn to swim in Lesbos | Refugees

Facing the fear of water: Refugees learn to swim in Lesbos | Refugees

YSR has its roots in swimming, explains Estelle Jean, the organisation’s founder and executive director. “In 2016, thousands of people were coming by the sea, especially in the northern part of the island, where the Turkish shore is only 12 km [7.5 miles] away. Rescue teams had formed spontaneously.” The…

Four die in Greece after smuggler allegedly forces passengers off boat | Refugees News

Four die in Greece after smuggler allegedly forces passengers off boat | Refugees News

Twenty-five other people found alive on island of Rhodes after swimming to shore, according to the Greek coastguard. Authorities in Greece have recovered the bodies of four people from the sea just off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Rhodes while another 25 people have been found alive…

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon surpasses 3,000: Health Ministry | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon surpasses 3,000: Health Ministry | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Ministry says 589 women and at least 185 children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon over past 13 months. Israeli attacks on Lebanon have now killed more than 3,000 people in the 13 months since fighting erupted between Hezbollah and Israel along the southern Lebanese and northern Israeli…

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

Fact check: Can Trump use a 1798 law to carry out mass deportations? | US Election 2024 News

A cornerstone of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign has been his promise to carry out the largest deportation operation in United States history. The details of how he would carry out the plan have been unclear. But at recent rallies, Trump has said he will use an 18th-century law…

US shields Lebanese citizens from deportation amid Israel’s war | Israel attacks Lebanon News

US shields Lebanese citizens from deportation amid Israel’s war | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Around 11,000 Lebanese nationals in the US can stay for 18 months and file for work permits under new status. The United States is granting temporary immigration protections for thousands of Lebanese nationals as Israel continues a devastating month-long assault on their home country. The protections include offering Temporary Protected…

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Desperate journeys: Syrian refugees fleeing Israel’s assault on Lebanon | Israel attacks Lebanon

Al-Bara, Syria – Musa Baghdadi paid $6,000 for the privilege of exchanging one bombardment for another. “I paid to escape the shelling in Lebanon to reach my village, which is also under bombardment by Assad’s army,” he tells Al Jazeera at his modest, one-storey home in al-Bara, western Idlib. The…

Poland to temporarily suspend asylum rights amid Belarus border tensions | Migration News

Poland to temporarily suspend asylum rights amid Belarus border tensions | Migration News

The move aims to curb a border crisis that Warsaw says has been orchestrated by Minsk and its ally Russia. Poland is set to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a broader strategy aimed at reducing irregular migration, driven by escalating tensions with Belarus. The Polish government…

Locked out: Palestinians in Jordan still waiting to return to stolen homes | Israel-Palestine conflict

Locked out: Palestinians in Jordan still waiting to return to stolen homes | Israel-Palestine conflict

Amman, Jordan – David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, believed that the memory of the Nakba, or “catastrophe”, would eventually fade for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians violently expelled from their homeland by Zionist militias in 1948. In 1949, a year after the State of Israel was created, he…

Gender, nationality ‘sufficient’ to grant Afghan women asylum: Top EU court | Women’s Rights News

Gender, nationality ‘sufficient’ to grant Afghan women asylum: Top EU court | Women’s Rights News

The ruling follows Austria’s refusal to recognise the refugee status of two Afghan women. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that gender and nationality alone are “sufficient” for a country to grant asylum to Afghan women. The ECJ ruled on Friday that discriminatory measures adopted by the Taliban…

Israel’s war on Lebanon triggers unprecedented displacement crisis | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israel’s war on Lebanon triggers unprecedented displacement crisis | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Beirut, Lebanon – On Friday evening, a sudden explosion heavily damaged Dina’s* home in the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. It was caused by the shock wave of an Israeli air attack, during which dozens of bombs were dropped at once on a nearby apartment complex…