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A father and son sit on a tourist ferry on Lake Van, on their way to an island that hosts the ruins of a 10th century Armenian church

Turkey’s Lake Van: A dangerous crossroads on the migrant trail

Migration

As Turkey steps up migration controls, Afghan asylum-seekers take bigger risks. More than 800 people have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea this year alone.

A group of children sit in on carpet inside room surrounded by blue tarp

This school at a refugee camp in Lesbos is a safe haven for children 

Education
A man wears a blue shirt and glasses in an office

Greece’s new asylum law ‘poses continuous traps’ for refugees

Refugees
A member of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) talks with Venezuelans as they queue in line to receive a vaccine after showing their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil, on Aug. 8, 2018.

US leads global ‘race to the bottom’ in shutting door on refugees and asylum-seekers

A line of migrants stand with backpacks and belongings under a green sign marking the Colombian border.

Refugees from Venezuela are fleeing to Latin American cities, not refugee camps

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Syrian Refugees Flood Jordan

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of Syrians registered as refugees or awaiting registration as refugees has now passed the 2 million mark.   Of the 2 million refugees, Lebanon hosts the most with some 720,000 refugees. The country with the next highest influx of refugees is Jordan, which […]

Syrian Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone: Two Million Refugees and Counting

Conflict & Justice

Two million refugees have fled out of Syria according the United Nations Refugee Agency. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Melissa Fleming from UN Refugee Agency about the refugee crisis in Syria.

IKEA creates modular shelters for refugees

IKEA, famous for the quirky and cheap furniture they design in Sweden and sell all over the world, is heading in a new direction. Recently, they’ve been working in partnership with the United Nations to build cheap homes for refugees — homes that are quick and easy to assemble, but functional.

Khaled Hosseini, author of “The Kite Runner,” on Afghanistan’s refugees

Business, Economics and Jobs

The war in Afghanistan has displaced thousands of people from their homes, adding to the 43 million refugees around the world.

Number of Syrian Refugees May Grow to Three Million by End of Year

Global Politics

The UN announced the number of Syrians refugees who’ve fled their country officially hit one million. Antonio Guterres, head of the UN’s Refugee Agency, the UNHCR, says that could triple by the end of this year.

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