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SYRIA: Turkey opens up to international aid in camps
16 November 2012
(IRIN
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Turkey has treated Syrians fleeing to its territory better than most countries in the world ever would or could. Refugees receive three hot meals a day and live in modern facilities, in much better conditions, they say, than their counterparts in Lebanon and Jordan.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96794/SYRIA-Turkey-opens-up-to-international-aid-in-camps
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Analysis: Aid to Syria - winning friends and influence
12 November 2012
(IRIN
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Syrian activists say opposition groups are manipulating humanitarian aid for political and security gains, after similar accusations were levelled against the Syrian government last week.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96760/Analysis-Aid-to-Syria-winning-friends-and-influence
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Analysis: Catch-22 for Syrian migrants in Lebanon
1 November 2012
(IRIN
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Syrians in Lebanon are increasingly coming under attack as lingering anti-Syrian sentiment intensifies amid the current conflict next door.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96679/Analysis-Catch-22-for-Syrian-migrants-in-Lebanon
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Analysis: Not-so-open borders for Syrian refugees?
24 October 2012
(IRIN
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Aid agencies, human rights organizations and local government officials are increasingly concerned about thousands of people who have fled violence in Syria only to end up stuck at border crossings waiting to enter countries to seek asylum.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96629/Analysis-Not-so-open-borders-for-Syrian-refugees
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In Brief: How (not) to build a refugee camp in the desert
23 October 2012
(IRIN
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When the Jordanian government went about setting up Za’atari camp on its northern frontier for up to 100,000 Syrian refugees, it had limited experience.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96619/In-Brief-How-not-to-build-a-refugee-camp-in-the-desert
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Analysis: Syria and the regional food chain
18 October 2012
(IRIN
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The Syrian crisis has disrupted food imports and exports in the region, raising food prices in Jordan, Iraq and Turkey, but governments have so far been able to contain the impact on consumers by finding new trade routes and absorbing some of the increased cost, according to food vendors, truck drivers and analysts.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96583/Analysis-Syria-and-the-regional-food-chain
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MIGRATION: Influx shifts to Greek islands
5 October 2012
(IRIN
),
Just as Greece appears to have successfully stemmed the flow of undocumented migrants crossing the land border with Turkey, a new influx of migrants and asylum seekers has started arriving on its eastern Aegean islands.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96465/MIGRATION-Influx-shifts-to-Greek-islands
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GREECE-SYRIA: Emmad Saeed, “I know I’m not going to die, and that is a relief”
5 October 2012
(IRIN
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In the sleepy village of Skalochori on the Greek island of Lesbos, a group of 23 Syrian refugees are eating a hurried meal of donated fish and bread before a police van arrives to detain them.
http://www.irinnews.org/HOV/96464/GREECE-SYRIA-Emmad-Saeed-I-know-I-m-not-going-to-die-and-that-is-a-relief
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SYRIA: Towards governance in rebel-held areas
26 September 2012
(IRIN
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Citizens are taking control of services in rebel-held areas of Syria. In al-Bara, a village in the rural northwest, dustmen are collecting rubbish. If there are power line problems, an electrician does the repairs. If someone is accused of theft, he has to stand trial, and if found guilty, he is sent to prison.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96396/SYRIA-Towards-governance-in-rebel-held-areas
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JORDAN-SYRIA: Anguished relatives fear for the missing
24 September 2012
(IRIN
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Ahmed Hurani* sits distraught in a dusty tent in Jordan’s Al Zaatari refugee camp, just a few kilometres from the Syrian border, after learning that his father and two brothers have been arrested by Syrian security forces. His injured mother is in Dera’a. For all he knows, she has been taken too.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96376/JORDAN-SYRIA-Anguished-relatives-fear-for-the-missing
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