Arab diaspora

The Turkish coastguard on August 11 rescued 330 Syrians adrift in the Aegean Sea after failing to reach Greece, as the number of migrants attempting the treacherous passage to Europe surges.

Members of the group said they had been travelling on eight small boats. They included dozens of children, at least five of them newborn, and women, some of whom were visibly pregnant. 

This has to be one of the most heartwarming examples of humanity and compassion. Turkish newlyweds Fethullah Uzumcuoglu and Esra Polat invited 4,000 Syrian refugees to participate in their wedding celebrations by offering them food.

11 Syrian nationals have died when an overcrowded minibus they were travelling in hit a wall in the northwestern Turkish province of Bal?kesir, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 8 citing local officials.

According to reports, eleven people died and 29 others were injured in the accident near the Sapc? region.

10 Syrian nationals have died when an overcrowded minibus they were travelling in hit a wall in the northwestern Turkish province of Bal?kesir, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 8 citing local officials.

Havran district governor Yasin Öztürk said nine people died and 31 others were injured in the accident near the Sapc? region.

Amnesty International?s Researcher for Turkey Andrew Gardner declared that a significant part of Syrians who have migrated to Turkey will not be able to go back to Syria, urging that the Turkish government should envisage their future development.

The Aegean province of ?zmir is one of Turkey?s top tourist destinations, but it is now attracting a new kind of foreign visitor: Syrian migrants who have begun massing in the area before attempting to make a break for Greece across the water.

Uruguay will take in a new group of Syrian refugees by the end of the year, officials said July 20, adding that the country was committed to helping alleviate a humanitarian crisis.

A total of 117 family members are being relocated to Uruguay from refugee camps in Lebanon.    

A new influx of refugees to Turkey may exceed the country?s capacity and lead to a fresh wave of migrants at the gates of Europe, European Union Minister Volkan Bozk?r has told daily Hürriyet in Brussels, where he was visiting for talks. 

Another riot broke out amongst the third country nationals, mostly Pakistanis and Afghans, over food deliveries at a temporary migrant shelter on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Lesbos) on Thursday.

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that the number of Syrians fleeing war and persecution has now surpassed four million.

This has made the Syrian conflict the worst crisis for almost a quarter of a century, while Syrian refugees represent the biggest refugee population from a single conflict in a generation.