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Immigration
Afghans comprise 49% of asylum seekers on islands
(Kathimerini) A survey by the United Nations Refugee Agency among migrants and refugees residing at camps on the Aegean islands of Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Kos, Leros, Rhodes and Tilos shows that nearly half (49%) come from Afghanistan, followed by Syria (14%), Somalia […]
Clerics & Preachers
Erdoğan’s ‘Uniting Ummah’ event in New York divides U.S. Muslim leaders
(Ahval) Two leaders of the American Muslim community said on Friday that their names had been added as guests to a flier printed for the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s planned event in New York City in September, although they had rejected the […]
Children & Teens
U.S. seeks to repatriate family of 10 Americans from camps in Syria A Kurdish-led militia that is battling the Islamic State has been holding a mother and nine of her children for several years.
(NY Times) The State Department is working to repatriate a family of 10 American citizens stranded in Syria, where they are among the tens of thousands of people effectively imprisoned in desert camps and detention centers from the war against the Islamic […]