EU finalises €6 billion deal to support refugees in Turkey
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Under the operational €6 billion budget of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, the European Commission has announced that it has completed the...
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Rescue ship captain receives wide support after arrest by Italian police
BERLIN, Germany: A fundraising campaign for detained sea captain Carola Rackete raised around $1.06 million (€655,000) within hours of its launch. German-born Rackete was arrested...
Italian police arrest rescue ship captain
LAMPEDUSA, Italy: Police have arrested the captain of a refugees rescue ship after she docked at the port of Lampedusa. Sea-Watch 3 had been at...
German boat captain faces 20 years in prison for saving refugees
SICILY, Italy: A German boat captain is set to stand trial in Italy for her rescue of more than 1,000 stranded refugees in the Mediterranean...
Seminar stresses concrete steps to protect vulnerable children
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan-Azerbaijan Alumni Association, in collaboration with faculty of social sciences, organised a seminar on the theme of “society’s role and responsibilities: anti-harassment and...
Germany allots 93.6 billion euros to refugees till 2020
BERLIN- Germany plans to allot around 93.6 billion euros to spend on refugees. The German government plans to spend this amount by the end of...
British Authorities take action to stop girls joining ISIS
LONDON: British authorities have taken another initiative to stop the British girls joining ISIS. According to the international media, they have put together a video...
Pakistan on top of list in terms of hosting refugees in world
LAHORE: Worldwide figure of refugees has crossed 50 million with recent crisis in middle east, Pakistan is hosting highest number of refugees among other world....
Thoughts of Turkish police officer who picked up Aylan Kurdi
ISTANBUL – A Turkish police officer who picked up the three-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi said that he thought of his own son when he saw...
Aylan Abdullah’s death awakens mankind
LONDON: The images of football supporters across Europe holding banners in support for refugees – who are arriving in a large number on the continent’s...