A new EU recommendation says asylum seekers can be sent back to Greece. Healthcare in Syria has deteriorated continuously after war broke out six years ago and an Infomigrants special focuses on instability in Afghanistan and what it means for those who go back. Read more in our summary for today.
EU restarts asylum seeker returns to Greece: Freshly-arrived asylum seekers in Europe can once again be sent back to Greece if that was their first entry point, under a new EU recommendation. It amounts to reinstatement of the EU's severely tested "Dublin" system. Click here to read more.
Healthcare a casualty of Syria's civil war: This week, the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic enters its seventh year. Over the past 6 years access to health services for the civilian population in the country has seriously deteriorated. Read the World Health Organization's report on the problem. Click here.
EU's Mogherini unveils plan for post-war Syria: The EU has unveiled a plan to support post-war reconstruction of Syria. The EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini called for a "proxy peace" backed by the international community ahead of an April conference in Brussels. Click here to read more.
Syrian opposition, West 'fed each other's false expectations': The protests that led to the Syrian civil war began six years ago. Carnegie Fellow and analyst Yezid Sayigh discusses how the fight became so intractable. Click here to read more.
Afghanistan: 'A latent instability dominates the picture': The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan has the country firmly in its grip. Security advisor Philipp Schweers looks at the current situation and what it means for refugees to return there. Click here to read more.
Healthcare a casualty of Syria's civil war: This week, the conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic enters its seventh year. Over the past 6 years access to health services for the civilian population in the country has seriously deteriorated. Read the World Health Organization's report on the problem. Click here.
Health care a casualty of 6 years of war in #Syria https://t.co/AjprpuWvGq #HealthForSyria pic.twitter.com/y9h7KlV9bz
— WHO (@WHO) March 15, 2017
EU's Mogherini unveils plan for post-war Syria: The EU has unveiled a plan to support post-war reconstruction of Syria. The EU's top diplomat Federica Mogherini called for a "proxy peace" backed by the international community ahead of an April conference in Brussels. Click here to read more.
Syrian opposition, West 'fed each other's false expectations': The protests that led to the Syrian civil war began six years ago. Carnegie Fellow and analyst Yezid Sayigh discusses how the fight became so intractable. Click here to read more.
Afghanistan: 'A latent instability dominates the picture': The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan has the country firmly in its grip. Security advisor Philipp Schweers looks at the current situation and what it means for refugees to return there. Click here to read more.