The future of the Yazidis in Iraq
Many Yazidis have given up on the idea of returning home, and are seeking asylum in Europe and North America As so-called Islamic State (IS) militants are driven out of Mosul, Paul Moss reports on the continuing plight of the Yazidis, the Iraqi religious group who the United Nations says has suffered more destruction than any other at IS hands. First one of the Yazidi women started crying, then on
Alan Kurdi's father in plea for migrants a year after tragedy
The father of Alan Kurdi has urged world leaders to keep the door open to refugees, as Fergal Keane reports The father of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who drowned a year ago as his family fled Syria, has urged Europe to keep its doors open to migrants. Abdullah Kurdi told the BBC he still hoped that world leaders could stop the war in Syria. Haunting images of Alan's body lying on a Turkish
The Syrian refugees struggling to survive in no-man's land
The United Nations says more than 85,000 people are stranded in Ruqban, near the point where Jordan, Syria and Iraq meet, and Hadalat camp, 50 miles (80km) to the west. Journalists are unable to access what is known as the berm area (because of nearby sand banks, or berms) and for a month, aid workers have been unable to reach it. Jordan declared its north and eastern borders a closed military zon
Zaatari refugee camp from the air
Syria conflict: Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp from the airClose Many of those forced to leave their homes during the Syrian conflict have taken refuge in neighbouring countries, and 80,000 of them are now living in a three-square-mile piece of the desolate Jordanian desert - home to the sprawling Zaatari refugee camp. King Abdullah says his country is at "boiling point" because of the influx of re
Yemen refugees choosing to return to a failed state
The UN says numbers fleeing to the Horn of Africa will continue to grow over the next year "Refugees and migrants", a recent report, external by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) noted, "arrive after many hours at sea often traumatised and exhausted, with little or no personal belonging, and in urgent need of food, water and emergency healthcare." This, however, was not about what
Migrant crisis: Why Syrians do not flee to Gulf states
Syrian and Afghan refugees are demanding the right to travel to Germany from Keleti (East) railway station in Budapest As the crisis brews over Syrian refugees trying to enter European countries, questions have been raised over why they are not heading to wealthy Gulf states closer to home. Although those fleeing the Syrian crisis have for several years been crossing into Lebanon, Jordan and Turke
Syria crisis: 66,000 flee Islamic State into Turkey
Rami Ruhayem on the border: "This is quickly becoming the Turkish border with the Islamic State" Some 66,000 refugees - mainly Syrian Kurds - have crossed into Turkey in 24 hours, officials say, as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians fleeing the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack. The UN refugee agency said it was boosting re
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