Eight grantees will receive assistance, with a focus on secondary-school and vocational training
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EU reports 106% rise in the number of Saudi asylum applications in 2019
A total of 101 Saudi nationals have applied for asylum in the EU in the first six months of the year
Australia
Australia minister says country assessing asylum push for Saudi woman
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun’s attempt to flee the Gulf kingdom has become a cause celebre for rights groups
#Jordan
Emirati tycoon launches $27m education fund for refugees
Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair announces philanthropic move on occasion of World Refugee Day
Politics and economics
Video: This algorithm helps resettle refugees by giving them a better shot at employment
When refugees arrive in a new country, everything is unfamiliar. Most countries just assign refugees to cities completely at random — or according to where the open spots happen to be when the person arrives.
David Miliband
Video: How to solve the refugee crisis
The refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges for the world today: around 1 person in 100 is a refugee. David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, offers his thoughts on how to solve it.
3D printing
Video: 3D printing prosthetic limbs for refugees
3D-printed prosthetic limbs are being trialled by Medecins Sans Frontieres in their effort to help people who have lost limbs in the war in Syria.
learn journalism
Video: Syrian teenagers get chance to learn journalism in Turkey
Duaa is one of 40 Syrian teenagers who had the chance to learn about mobile journalism at a workshop in her refugee camp, held by TRT World.
Muslim Rohingya
Dubai ruler orders more aid to help Rohingya refugees
Sheikh Mohammed initiatives three more relief flights loaded with 300 tons of aid items
Muslim Rohingya
Video: Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis
After Rohingya militants’ attack on government checkpoints caused the country’s military crackdown on what they call terrorism, thousands of Muslim Rohingya are left without a home.
Middle East crisis
Video: Germany gets tough on refugees
Chancellor Angela Merkel was hailed as a hero when she threw open Germany’s borders to hundreds of thousands of refugees.
Human traffickers
Video: Surviving the deadliest migration route from Libya to Italy
The UN refugee agency says the number of deaths on the migrant route from Libya to Italy is increasing and that traffickers are becoming ever more ruthless.