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The International Committee of the Red Cross in Greece, 2016-2023: Brief review of activities

… The main sea and land migratory routes from Turkey to Greece proved to be highly … related sea and land migratory routes from Turkey to to the management of the dead, to …

Article
Child next to a tent in ICRC camp in Greece

Our work in Jordan: Facts and Figures 2015

… unaccompanied Syrian minor with his family in Turkey. Visiting detainees The ICRC carries …

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Monthly Middle East and North Africa newsletter – July 2020: Our response to COVID-19

… would allow aid relief to enter Syria via Turkey. [READ MORE] FLYING SUPPLIES IN YEMEN …

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The International Committee of the Red Cross in the First World War

… prisoner-of-war camps in Europe, but also in Turkey, North Africa (Morocco, Tunisia, … Budapest and Warsaw, and subsequently to Turkey, southern Russia and the Caucasus, but …

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Third report on the EU guidelines on promoting compliance with IHL

… conclusions of October 2019 the EU condemned Turkey’s unilateral military action in northeast Syria and urged Turkey to end its military action, withdraw … the Eastern Mediterranean.’ ‘The EU condemns Turkey’s unilateral military action in North …

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The history of the emblems

…     During the war between Russia and Turkey, the Ottoman Empire declared that it …

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Messaging apps: an untapped humanitarian resource

… Viber voice messages sent to a relative in Turkey, after crossing the sea in a dinghy from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece. … after crossing the sea in a dinghy from Turkey to the island of Lesbos, Greece …

News release

Speech by ICRC president: Conflict and migration from a humanitarian perspective

… regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Israel – religious, ethnic, … conflict in the Horn of Africa and Sudan; and Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, which have taken …

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Migration: Our work in Europe and Central Asia

… numbers. With fewer migrants crossing from Turkey to Greece, the main route into Europe …

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Jerusalem and the West Bank: Checkmating violence

… participated in the world championships in Turkey in 2012 and Norway in 2014. “Norway …

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