Stories from the Death Boats of the Mediterranean
The 30-year-old had to find a country of refuge because of the war in his home country. His passport and visa for UAE were about to run out and there was no way of renewing it through Syrian authorities. He knew he would have to go back to Syria but he …
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Syria mission stops renewal of passports
Khoja told reporters and Syrian media activists in Istanbul that only Qatar had recognised the validity extension stickers the Syrian embassy in Doha was putting on expired Syrian passports. “This means that the holders of these passports could not …
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Hongkongers caught in UK passport renewal chaos fork out HK.3m
A UK emergency passportBritain's cash-strapped government has made more than HK$ 1.3 million from Hong Kong residents seeking emergency passports amid a massive backlog in renewals, the Sunday Morning Post has discovered. A request under …
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