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Lebanon
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In the Shadow of Syria: Will Lebanon Soon be Shrouded?

With news reports flooding in highlighting the ever deepening involvement of Hezbollah in Bashar al-Assad’s struggle for Syria, the scenario which so many Lebanese feared appears to be on the brink of being realized. Conflict...
by Michael Brown
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Human Rights

450,000 Palestinian Refugees Face Dire Restrictions in Lebanon

Within ten minutes, not taking into account Beirut’s chaotic traffic, one can travel from the Mediterranean equivalent of the Champs-Élysées to an area resembling some of the roughest slums in the world. The living situatio...
by Urban Times
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Green

COP18: Climate change and conflict – The youth constituency

The nexus… It is really hard to talk about climate change without mentioning conflict. So where is the nexus? It’s pretty easy to see the connection. See, climate change manifests itself through the effects and events that ...
by Rubin Makomere
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Human Rights

Rufgee crisis: Lessons David Cameron can learn from Lebanon’s example

In the midst of the current refugee crisis it’s easy to get caught up in numbers. Germany is expecting 800,000 by the end of the year – and 500,000 annually for years to come. Australia says they’ll let in 12,000 and Davi...
by Mohamad Osman
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Human Rights

WATCH: Understanding the Modern Refugee – An Impossible Task?

How does it feel to be a refugee? For most of the “Western” world, that’s always going to be an unanswerable question. As unstable as the European and American economies and governments may get, the chances of war breakin...
by Conor Sullivan
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Europe
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How Europe Is Failing Syria’s Refugees

Barring a miracle, the war in Syria will soon enter its fourth year. Hope among experts that the conflict may reach a prompt conclusion has waned. Every aspect of what has happened in the country – from the sheer number o...
by Daniel Cavanillas
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Human Rights
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WATCH: “Just Because It’s Not Happening Here, Doesn’t Mean It’s Not Happening”

The 15th of March will mark the 3rd anniversary of the start of the bloody Syrian conflict where more than 10,000 children have been killed, 1 million forced to seek asylum in neighbouring countries and a further 3 million inte...
by Catarina Demony
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Europe

The Refugee Equation

Last week marked World Refugee week, a seven day campaign designed to raise awareness of the 15 and a half million refugees worldwide. Another 27 million individuals remain outside legal refugee status and yet remain internally...
by Jessica Trevis
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Africa
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Humanitarian Crisis In South Sudan: Political- Power Struggle That’s Changing A ‘New Hope’ to Tragedy

On July 9th, 2011, thousands of people in the South chanted ‘freedom’ to commemorate the birth of youngest nation in the world. At that time, the official declaration of South independence was also celebrated by pol...
by Shafiy Mazlan
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