Syrian Refugees

70% of those affected are from just five countries - Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar

Empathy and shared norms have blossomed in recent years

Turkey in October launched a cross-border operation against Syrian Kurdish forces it views as terrorists

Analysts call the scheme of a safe zone 'unrealistic'

With no political solution to the conflict in sight, neighbouring countries up pressure on Syrian refugees to return

The labour ministry is clamping down on businesses employing foreigners without the required papers

Actor has been working with Human Relief Foundation to collect donations

Addressing the UN Security Council last week, Russia urged world powers to help Syria's economic recovery

Schemes to privately sponsor refugees likely to grow as more as more groups submit their applications

The actor's post on the death of an animal caused an Instagram debate

Syrian refugees in Lebanon caught up in red tape

'Qunatico' star lauded Queen's efforts for Syrian refugees and her hospitality

The 'Quantico' star took to Twitter to respond when she was trolled for visiting Syrian refugees

Actor, in a light gray scarf slung over her head, visited children’s centre in Jordan’s capital of Amman

The government has sought to tighten asylum rules after suffering regional election losses

Prosecutors claim it was an attempt to fuel the public's resentment against refugees and asylum seekers

PIMA would contribute Rs52.4 million to support 22,000 orphans

Nearly 700 Syrian refugees have been granted one-year humanitarian visas to begin their asylum process in Italy

According to Sahin, 540,000 Syrians reside in Istanbul among the 15 million people living in the city

Actress says 'world is bigger than five'

Bureaucrazy team has opened a crowdfunding page and is hoping to launch the app in January

The pilot program is focused on training migrants in technology, medicine and logistics

Refugees will be chosen from UN camps and vetted by US security, intelligence agencies

Over 1.1 million people have crossed clandestinely from Turkey to Greece since the start of 2015

Money raised at the bazaar will be donated to the UNHCR for the Syrian Refugees

Commitment is in addition to Britain's pledge to resettle the most vulnerable refugees from camps on Syria's borders

More than 1,600 refugees from Syria and Iraq have visited Berlin's Museum of Islamic Art since November

David Cameron announced in September that 20,000 refugees from camps on Syria's borders would be brought in by 2020

The Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalise gay marriage as far back as 2001

Trudeau had promised during an election campaign last year to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by December 31

The star couple are giving $500,000 to an NGO to fund measles vaccinations for children

Award-winning photojournalist Magnus Wennman captures stories of refugee children

Around 250,000 Syrians are now working illegally in Turkey

First flights bringing the displaced to Canada are expected to leave Jordan by the middle of the month

The Paris terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 worsened the situation for Muslims in Europe

Jeb Bush suggested taking in only Christian refugees while Donald Trump said all Muslims in US should wear ID badges

In an unusually fierce rebuke, Obama strikes out at his political foes, accusing them of demonising widows and orphans

Canadian PM said on Tuesday that he will go ahead with plans to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to the country

Governor of the southern US state says he would oppose any attempt to relocate Syrian refugees to Alabama

Resettlement comes days after a deadly coordinated attack in Paris claimed by IS that killed at least 129 people

Greek police source says the man arrived in Leros on a small vessel from Turkey with a group of 69 refugees

Britain's pledge forms part of a 3 billion euro fund planned by the EU

In one of the scenes, the lead character is seen walking past the wall which says 'Homeland is racist'

Trump says if he becomes president he won't accept 200,000 Syrians who may be Islamic State terrorists

PM Shinzo Abe made no reference to whether Japan would ease its own strict conditions for accepting refugees.

Politician says Germany does not need a cash donation to build 200 mosques but solidarity with refugees

The migrants come from different parts of the world, victims of strife or man’s inhumanity to man

Several other refugees are believed to be missing

The Christian family is the first of two that the Catholic leader has promised to find space

Foreign Minister says aggressive people will never be let in