Monday refugee news roundup
Latest update : 2017/05/15
By
Wesley Dockery
Latest update : 2017/05/15
The United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has declared 2016 the worst year yet for Syrian children. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Netherlands PM Mark Rutte made a refugee quota deal with Turkey in 2016 without informing other EU leaders, and a program at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science offers preparation for college study to refugees. All this and more in today's roundup.
- UNICEF: 2016 was the worst year yet for children in Syria: UNICEF says hundreds of children were killed in Syria in 2016, the most since UNICEF began keeping records. Six million children in Syria depend on humanitarian aid. Click here to read more.
- Report: Merkel and Rutte made concrete promises over refugee quota: A report has found that German Chancellor Merkel and Dutch PM Rutte agreed a refugee quota with Turkey in 2016 without informing other EU leaders. They reportedly pledged to accept up to 250,000 Syrian refugees per year. Click here to read more
- Higher education: a quick start for asylum seekers: A special program at the Frankfurt University of Applied Science offers refugees the chance to prepare themselves for university and learn the German language. Laila and Ammar are among the first graduates. Click here to read Infomigrants' special report on the program
- Greece's eastern Aegean islands get funding boost: Greece's five major islands in the eastern Aegean are to receive a major cash injection to to the tune of 50 million Euros in EU funding as they continue to bear the brunt of the influx of migrants and refugees into the country. Click here to read more