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Syrian refugee
First Syrians Leave for US Under Surge Resettlement Program
The first Syrian family to be resettled in the U.S. under a speeded-up “surge operation” for refugees left Jordan on Wednesday for Kansas City, Missouri, to start a new life.
Syrian Refugees Struggle to Buy Food as Aid Dwindles
Perwin Shamsaddeen Ali, a Syrian refugee living in a tent camp in northern Iraq, has been reduced to cooking one meal a day for her family of four
Footing the Bill for More Syrian Refugees
Provincial calls for Canada to accept more Syrian refugees fail to address the crucial question of who would foot the bill, says an immigration expert.
Lebanon Says It Won’t Accept More Syrian Refugees
Lebanon announced on Thursday it will not accept any more refugees from neighboring war-torn Syria, except in what authorities deem to be “exceptional” cases — a move that could prevent tens of thousands of Syrians from escaping the civil war.
