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Syria refugee crisis

25/10/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

While international efforts are made to bring about a ceasefire in Syria, refugees continue to flood over the border into neighbouring countries. Up to 360,000 have fled Syria as a result of the ongoing conflict there. They may have lost family members in the violence or been separated from them. They leave behind their homes ...

Q&A: Syrian refugee crisis

10/08/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Why are so many people fleeing Syria? A conflict between government and anti-government forces in Syria has escalated sharply since early 2011. Aerial bombardments, shooting on the streets, sniper attacks, and other types of violence have hurt thousands of Syrian civilians. Many Syrians were hiding in their homes for months, unable to work or go ...

Syria: a people in flight

10/08/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Refugees, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Since 2011, violence in Syria has forced thousands of people to leave their homeland, with a huge wave of refugees pouring into Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. Caritas is giving refugees food, medical care, and emergency items.

Syrian refugee crisis: a ‘human flood’ into Lebanon

24/07/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Since 2011, violence in Syria has forced thousands of people from their homes. In mid-July 2012, the conflict worsened rapidly and a huge wave of refugees poured into Lebanon, Jordan, and Turkey. On July 24, Father Simon Faddoul, the head of Caritas Lebanon, spoke with Caritas Internationalis about the plight of the new refugees in ...

Conflict in Syria

26/04/2012 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Europe, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding, Syria, Turkey by Caritas Communications

An uprising against the Syrian government and the President Bashar al-Assad has left 9000 people dead since fighting broke out in March 2011. Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes. Many have sought safety in neighbouring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, others remain in Syria. Conditions within Syria and for the ...

As winter sets in, Caritas Turkey helps quake victims stay warm

28/11/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Caritas Turkey continues to help people made homeless by two earthquakes in the east of the country. After a second quake struck in early November, thousands of buildings slightly damaged by the October quake became uninhabitable. Many of the residents of the city of Van have fled to other parts of Turkey, but those without ...

Caritas team heads to Turkey quake site

24/10/2011 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Read in French Update from Caritas Turkey team : The earthquake that hit Van region last Sunday was very severe. The region is not easily accessible, so transportation and distribution of aid items is complicated. Many people lost their homes and at night the temperature drops below zero. We already sent 1200 sleeping bags that ...

A lifeline for Iraqi refugees in Turkey

23/06/2010 Europe, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Turkey by Caritas Communications

“I was told to leave my country or die,” said Sanaa*. “They didn’t say why.” So in 2009, Sanaa left all she had worked for in Baghdad to go and live in Istanbul. She had friends in the Turkish capital, but nothing else. “Things are hard here. I left behind my house, my friends, my ...