Syrian refugees
Civil servant from Syrian refugee project recognised in new year honours
A civil servant from the Syrian Refugee Project has said he feels lucky to be able to help people.
Anne Hailes: Celebrating Syrian women and a Down poet whose hymn you'll know
ON A recent good day I took a walk along Belfast Lough shore at Jordanstown.
Home is somewhere I feel safe and now that’s Belfast says soccer-playing Syrian
WHEN Syrian teenager Ibrihim Ali fled his war-torn home of Homs in 2013 to cross the border into neighbouring Iraq, it was a blazing hot day, with temperatures peaking at around 45C.
Syrian refugees speak of housing problems and racist attacks in west Belfast
REFUGEES fleeing war in Syria and brought to Northern Ireland under a UN scheme have spoken out about "appalling" living conditions and racism they have endured in their new west Belfast homes.
West Belfast community praised for 'amazing' response to help Syrian refugees
A WEST Belfast community has been praised for its "absolutely amazing" response to an appeal to help Syrian families who arrived in the area "with just the shirts on their back".
Brother and sister from Syria help west Belfast GAA teams power through to the All Ireland Féile finals - less than three years after taking up Gaelic Games
TWO Syrian siblings have helped their GAA teams power through to the All Ireland Féile na nGael finals - less than three years after first taking up Gaelic Games.
Latest group of Syrian refugees arrive in the north
A FURTHER 47 Syrian refugees have arrived in the north as part of a British government resettlement scheme.
How Seamus Heaney epic poem resonates with Syrian war
'NO SUCH thing as innocent bystanding' – rarely have the words of Seamus Heaney in his lyrical poem Mycenae Lookout resonated so strongly as in the present environment of ideological conflict and international terrorism.
Refugees just ordinary people fleeing extraordinary circumstances
Marking 60 years of Christian Aid week, Allison Morris travelled to Serbia where the charity is working with refugee families who have made the perilous journey across the Balkan trail to escape war and religious persecution
Syrian families 'over the moon' to be spending Christmas in Northern Ireland
After fleeing their war-torn homeland 12 months ago a group of Syrian refugees are proud to call Belfast home this Christmas.