UN calls on countries to keep border opens for Syrian refugees January 17, 2014 - 18:14 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The UN refugee agency's chief has renewed a call on all nations to keep their borders open to Syrians fleeing their country, saying Syria's neighbors should not be "left alone" to cope with the influx, the Associated Press reports. More than 2 million people have been uprooted from their homes in Syria's civil war, many scattered in refugee camps and informal settlements dotting neighboring Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres said during a meeting with officials from countries neighboring Syria Friday that the international community needed to assume "a true attitude of burden-sharing." Guterres said: "It is unacceptable to see Syrian refugees drowning and dying in the Mediterranean Sea or being pushed back from borders." Related links:  Top stories The defense minister said that searchers were now planning to use a more intensive sonar to intensify the hunt for the aircraft. "This is way over the top and unacceptable," said attorney Mohammed Zarie, who heads a rights center in Cairo. David Cameron said the ban would be imposed on MPs that "have been pushing for the unacceptable steps that have been taken. “All sides need to remember that compromise means getting less than 100%,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said.   Partner news |  Latest news Natalie Portman Western “Jane Got a Gun” release date moved  In the film, a woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him.S&P cuts Russia's credit rating over Ukraine Kerry warned Moscow that unless it took immediate steps to de-escalate the situation, Washington would impose additional sanctions.Microsoft reports $5.66bn Q1 net profit "We are making good progress in our consumer services like Bing and Office 365 Home,” said chief executive Satya Nadella.U.S. official says Malaysian jet search likely to drag on for years "We went all in on this small area and didn't find anything. Now you've got to go back to the big area," the official said. |
