Giant puppet to walk to Manchester to highlight displaced refugee children

A giant puppet of a child refugee will walk from the Turkish-Syrian border to Manchester, symbolising “millions of displaced children”. The puppet will travel almost 5,000 miles across Turkey and Europe “in search of her mother”. Organisers say Little Amal, a 3.5-metre-tall puppet of a nine-year-old Syrian girl, is an “emblem of the millions of... Read More

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March 5, 2020

Some concerned Turkish president is weaponising Syrian refugees

Turkey and Greece are trading blame following the deaths of Syrian refugees trying to flee to Europe, but some observers believe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is weaponising the Syrian refugee humanitarian crisis. A six-year-old Syrian boy drowned when a boat full of refugees heading to a Greek island capsized on 2nd March, as thousands... Read More

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November 12, 2019

Priest killed in Syria

An Armenian Catholic priest was murdered on Monday 11 November 2019 at the entrance of a church in eastern Syria. Father Hovsep Bidoyan from Qamishli and his biological father were killed during a visit to the Armenian Catholic Church in Deir Ezzor, a city in eastern Syria. Both men were attacked by unidentified gunmen as... Read More

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March 15, 2019

Eight years on from the Syria conflict, young Syrian lives remain in limbo

“In Syria, I studied, I had lots of friends and did lots of activities outside of school. We came just to spend the summer in Lebanon but then the crisis happened, and we’ve been here for seven years.” Aya, 24, is one of the more than one million Syrian refugees living in neighbouring Lebanon. It... Read More

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November 30, 2018

Julie Etchingham launches CAFOD ethical Christmas gifts after meeting Syrian child refugees

ITV News at Ten presenter and reporter Julie Etchingham has launched CAFOD’s ethical Christmas gift appeal after meeting Syrian child refugees. On a three-day visit to Lebanon, CAFOD ambassador Ms Etchingham – who was reporting for ITV News at Ten – met children who had no choice but to work all day for a pittance... Read More

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July 13, 2018

Alton queries absence of Christians from UK’s saved Syrian refugees

Lord David Alton of Liverpool has urged the Home Secretary to address widespread claims of discrimination against the religious minorities of Syria. The Catholic life peer made his call in response to reports that there have been no Christians among the 1,112 Syrian refugees resettled in the UK so far this year. The UK Home... Read More

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August 12, 2016

Pope invites Syrian refugees to lunch

At a luncheon that was part reunion and part progress report, Pope Francis invited 21 Syrian refugees to join him at the Vatican on 11th August. The pope’s lunch guests included the 12 refugees – three married couples and six children – Pope Francis brought back to Rome with him from Lesbos, Greece, in April... Read More

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July 14, 2016

Syrian refugees, all Muslims, graduate from Caritas-run schools in Jordan

Exuberant Syrian refugee children sang, danced and played with colourful clowns as they celebrated graduation at their Caritas-sponsored school in the sleepy suburb of Naour in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Some 170 Muslim children, ages 5-17, proudly strode up on the outdoor platform of the Latin Patriarchate School of Naour, festooned for the occasion with... Read More

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