... 2022, Karim Atassi, Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Russia, visited Russian International Affairs Council.
The discussion focused on the topical issues related to the current situation with Ukrainian refugees in Russia and in European countries, in particular, filtration camps, prevention of cross-border crime and international terrorism, ensuring the rights of refugees, migrants and displaced persons. The UNHCR representative was informed about RIAC work plans ...
... declaration of intention. In the same manner as the meetings in the Normandy format over the Ukrainian crisis. Nevertheless, such a quartet meeting should be considered as an important step to build a dialogue and trust between the three NATO allies and Russia. In the long-term perspective all four players are interested Syria’s stability, which enables the return of millions of refugees from Turkey and the EU and forges more incentives for Brussels to finance the reconstruction of a war-torn country. The break of Idlib deal is especially dangerous for the mainstream parties in the EU when far rights gain power from Sweden to ...
... was short-lived, however. After its defeat in the First World War, Germany lost any positions it had gained in the region. In addition, its primary regional ally, the Ottoman Empire, disappeared from the map.
Vladimir Morozov:
Germany, the USA, and Russia in the Changing World
Today, Germany has a historic opportunity to reenter the region by drawing on the Syrian refugees it has accepted. During a televised debate with SPD Chancellorship candidate Martin Schulz,
Chancellor Angela Merkel declared that Muslims are an integral part of German society
. Mr. Schulz supported her position, demonstrating a degree of ...
Norway
has begun the construction
of a wall along the Norwegian-Russian border at the checkpoint Storskog–Borisoglebsky in a bid to prevent a new wave of migrants coming to Norway. Last winter more than 5,000 refugees entered the Nordic country from the Russian territory through the “Arctic route”. Will the measures halt the flow of migrants and how the construction of the wall on the Norwegian-Russian border will affect the relations between the two countries? RIAC asked
Anders Kjellevold
...
... violations of UN resolutions to protect Syrian civilians, lapses in negotiations attempting to bring a political resolution to the conflict and indifference, even downright hostility, from the international community to support the roughly four million refugees that the war has created.
REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Maxim Suchkov:
The Middle East between the U.S.
and Russia: Potential Traps for Moscow
What else should Russia do to solve the Syrian crisis and help Syrians survive?
Next week’s Syria Donors’ Conference in London brings together world leaders, the private sector, civil society and development ...
... also suffering from problems guarding their borders and have similar agreements with third countries, only increasing the potential burden on Russia's migration system.
Vladimir Malakhov:
Migrant Integration: The European Experience
and Prospects for Russia
Refugees Today
Refugees are quite new for Russia, the first of which are known to have emerged during the Soviet period – victims of conflicts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Uzbekistan. Soon, the group was augmented by fugitives from conflict ...
