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Monday refugee news roundup

Latest update : 2017/05/15
By Wesley Dockery Latest update : 2017/05/15

Egypt sentences 56 over migrant boat disaster https://t.co/RBMbO0VuZm pic.twitter.com/K5L2xJaxut — dwnews (@dwnews) March 27, 2017 A report released today found that 44 percent of Muslims in Germany volunteer to help refugees. An Egyptian court has delivered prison sentences to 56 defendants regarding the deaths of over 200 migrants and a children's book reveals the tragedies faced by Syrian children. All this and more in Monday's news roundup.


  1. Report: Nearly one in two Muslims in Germany involved in aiding refugees: The report released by the Bertelsmann Stiftung has described the Muslim volunteers as “important bridge-builders.” It further revealed that one out of every five Germans provided assistance to refugees in 2016. Click here to read more.

  2. Egypt sentences 56 over migrant boat disaster: An Egyptian court has handed 56 defendants prison sentences over the deaths of more than 200 migrants, who died after their boat capsized last September in the Mediterranean en route to Europe. Click here to read more.

  3. Fable tells drama of Syrian children fleeing war:"War made us all more grown up. I would like to go back to being a little girl so badly,” says one child quoted in the book “Under the Sky of Glass Stars” by Italian journalist Luana Silighini. The fable traces the daily tragedy of war as experienced by Syrian children. Click here to read more.

  4. The political prisoner, Syria, and Beethoven: A Lebanese former political prisoner wants people to hear the story of his extraordinary ordeal in two of Syria's most notorious prisons. Now he is reaching new audiences - with a little help from an old German composer. Click here to read more.

  5. US-backed Syrian alliance eyes Raqqa after taking IS-held military airport: A US-backed Syrian alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias has taken a military airport in northern Syria held by the self-styled 'Islamic State' (IS). The move opens the path for an assault on the IS stronghold of Raqqa. Click here to read more