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BEIRUT: Amnesty International has urged Lebanese authorities to halt plans to return Syrian refugees to their country involuntarily. The call follows Beirut’s announcement that it will start sending refugees back to Syria in batches this month. Lebanon received around $5.83 billion in humanitarian aid between 2013 and 2018 specifically allocated for Syrian refugees.

Responding to the news that Lebanon’s General Security agency will start sending Syrian refugees back to their country next week in a so-called voluntary process, Diana Semaan, Amnesty International’s Acting Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said: “The Lebanese authorities are scaling up the so-called voluntary returns, a plan which has been […]

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BEIRUT—Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back home at the end of next week, President Michel Aoun said ...

OTTAWA — Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence, as the two countries try countering growing threats from China and Russia.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met with her Japanese counterpart, adopting an action plan to strengthen co-operation on defence and economic security

TOKYO (AP) — Japan and Canada agreed to formally start talks toward signing a military intelligence information sharing accord as their foreign ministers o

Presidency says return of refugees to Syria to start next week, despite objections by rights groups.

Syria is not a safe place for refugee returns. It’s astonishing that we have to keep saying that - Click the link for more details.

Rights groups and the UN say Syria is not safe to return to, but transfers are set to resume next week