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Nansen Award
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recently received the Nansen Refugee Award. Key facts Ex-German Chancellor Angela Merkel received the UNHCR Nansen Award for providing asylum for refugees while in office. While Merkel was the Chancellor in 2015 and 2016, Germany welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers, especially from Syria. The UNHCR recognized ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News • International / World Current Affairs • Persons in News
Topics: Angela Merkel • Fridtjof Nansen • German Chancellor • Nansen Award • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War • UNHCR • United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR)
UN asks Countries to Repatriate Children from Syria
The United Nations counter terrorism chief have asked the countries to repatriate the 27,000 children who are stranded in massive camp in north-eastern Syria. Many of the children are sons and daughters of Islamic State extremists who controlled the large swathes of Iraq and Syria. What are the concerns? Horrific situation of the children in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: al-Hawl refugee camp • Politics of Syria • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War • Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War • Spillover of the Syrian Civil War • Syrian Civil War • Syrian conflict
Beirut venue of Arab Economic And Social Development Summit 2019
The Arab Economic and Social Development Summit held in the Lebanese capital Beirut, in which the Arab leaders and officials issued a joint statement called Beirut Declaration. The declaration calls for the establishment of an Arab free trade zone. It also urged the International community to support nations hosting Syrian refugees and take steps to ..
Category: Summits and Conferences
Topics: Arab League summit • Beirut • Cities in Asia • Decades • European migrant crisis • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War • Syrian diaspora • Units of time
Mohamad Al Jounde honoured with International Children’s Peace Prize 2017
Mohamad Al Jounde (16) from Syria has been honoured with the International Children’s Peace Prize 2017 for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children. Al Jounde, a refugee of the Syrian civil war, set up a school together with his family in a Lebanese refugee camp that currently provides 200 children with ..
Topics: Awards • Demography • Human rights • International Children's Peace Prize • Khpal Kor Foundation • KidsRights Foundation • Refugee • Refugee children • Refugees of the Syrian Civil War