Refugee

The number of child marriages has doubled among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan because of poverty and fear of sexual violence, international agencies said on Wednesday.
      
Save the Children, in a report, "Too Young to Wed," said children marrying in Syria before the country's conflict erupted in 2011 accounted for 13 percent of all marriages.
      

German Minister for Internal Affairs Thomas de Maiziere People from Serbia have no chance to get asylum in Germany

BELGRADE: Germany’s Internal Affairs Minister Thomas de Maiziere spoke to Blic about the ways of helping Serbia on its way to the EU and solving the problem of asylum seekers.

German minister to Serbians: Don't even try to seek asylum

BELGRADE -- German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says Serbia is designated a safe country of origin so it makes no sense for its citizens to seek asylum in Germany.

Hollywood star and UN refugee envoy Angelina Jolie has accepted an invitation to visit the small island of Nauru where Australia sends asylum-seekers for processing and resettlement, the government said Monday.
      

The Turkish coastguard has stopped a boat of human traffickers off the southwestern Datça peninsula carrying Syrian refugees to the Greek island of Symi in the early hours of July 11.

Two human traffickers, who jumped off of the boat during the raid, were both caught and detained after they reached land by swimming.

The policies of the European Union and its member states are putting at risk the lives and rights of refugees in a number of countries, including Turkey, Amnesty International says in a fresh report The policies of the European Union and its member states are putting at risk the lives and rights of refugees in a number of countries, including Turkey, Amnesty International said in a fresh

Serbian media sources reported on Wednesday that 22,500 Serbian citizens applied for asylum in EU countries in 2013 a 17-per-cent increase on the figure for 2012.

Ivan Gerginov, Serbia’s assistant commissioner for refugees and migration, said the hike would not affect Serbia’s visa-free regime with the EU Schengen area.

22,500 Serbian citizens sought asylum in EU

BELGRADE -- Citizens of Serbia last year filed 22,500 asylum requests in EU countries - but the visa-free regime is not under threat, says Ivan Gerginov.

BELGRADE - Serbian citizens filed 22,500 asylum requests in the countries of the EU in 2013, but the visa-free travel arrangement with the EU is not under threat because of it, Serbia's Assistant Commissioner for Refugees and Migrations Ivan Gerginov said on Tuesday.

Thousands of Syrian refugee women are caught in a "spiral of hardship, isolation and anxiety," widowed or separated from their husbands and struggling to survive, the UN warned on Tuesday.