“However, it sees the importance of clarifying these efforts in response to false and misleading media reports about the kingdom,” the unnamed official said. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), was mandated by the UN General Assembly in 1949 to provide. Most displaced Syrians are in the Middle East, and about a million are in Europe By Phillip Connor Displaced Syrians from Deir Ezzor head to refugee camps on the outskirts of Raqqa on Sept. But they have been portrayed as not taking any of the resulting refugees in.Īn official from Saudi Arabia’s ministry of foreign affairs, cited by the official Saudi press agency, said the country did not want “to show off or brag in the media” about its response to Syria, where civil war began four years ago. While not typically thought of as a refugee host state, Egypt ranks as one of the top five countries hosting Syrians, with approximately 267,000 refugees, including 140,000 Syrians, although the. Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN For millions of Syrian refugees scattered around the world, the re-admission of the Syrian regime to the Arab family of nations on Sunday may have looked like victory. Gulf states have been among the most ardent opponents of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, providing funds and weapons for rebel groups fighting him. No Gulf country has signed the UN Convention on Refugees, which sets standards for the treatment and rights of those fleeing to a new country. Many more Syrians are sheltering in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Germany alone is expected to receive 800,000 asylum-seekers from Syria and elsewhere this year. The kingdom’s statement followed a similar defence issued by the United Arab Emirates after questions were asked about how wealthy Arab states had reacted to the outflow of more than four million Syrians.
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