With government complicity, Syrians’ property falls victim to forgery
The Assad regime, characterized by corruption and brutality, paves the way for a growing forgery market for individuals to seize other Syrians’ properties illegally.
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Denmark strips 94 Syrian refugees of their residency permits, deeming Damascus safe for their return
Rejected asylum seekers in Denmark have three options: return to Syria, go to a third country or stay indefinitely in a ‘return center’ in Denmark.
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“We have had no bread in seven days because no flour reaches the camp. If the situation continues like this, we will die here of starvation.”
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Since 2011, Syrian refugees poured into Jordan and the vast majority of them arrived without identification papers, especially widows who lost their husbands in the war or whose husbands were among the scores of missing and forcibly disappeared. Without these papers, widows face intense legal challenges.
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