The response to the Brussels attacks in the wider international community, although sympathetic to the plight of its citizens, has been somewhat cynical.
Author: Richard Lewis
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The recent announcement on February 5 by the United Nations that up to 70,000 or more Syrians are amassing on the border with Turkey following military assaults on Aleppo—with the threat of several hundred thousand more in their wake—calls into question whether any government or relief agency is equipped to deal with such numbers.
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This week’s draft decision attempts to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with its European partners and will be considered by Council members at a summit from February 18-19th.
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Fallout from the Paris attacks is likely to exacerbate concerns around the hundreds of thousands of refugees flowing into Europe from Syria.
