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An aerial view of Fairbourne village in Gwynedd in Wales, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.
Refugees
Climate change may be the leading driver of tomorrow’s refugee crisis
A family arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022, after fleeing from the Ukraine. 
There’s a double-standard when it comes to media coverage on refugees, analyst says
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
Migration
Turkey’s Lake Van: A dangerous crossroads on the migrant trail
Napier barracks
Migration
‘It’s un-British’: UK government crackdown on asylum courts controversy 
n this Aug. 30, 2019, photo, migrants, most who were returned to Mexico under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program, receive bottles of water given by volunteers in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico.
Why Biden’s day one promise to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program may go unfilled
An aerial view of a detention center
Refugees
Australia detained this family on a remote island — alone
Four young people walk on an island with puddles
Refugees
UN asylum case opens the door to protections for climate refugees
Sandra Morales speaks at Dec. 19 action in front of Member of Parliament Bardish Chagger’s office.
What happens to the American children of asylum-seekers in Canada?
A group of children sit in on carpet inside room surrounded by blue tarp
Education
This school at a refugee camp in Lesbos is a safe haven for children 
A man wears a blue shirt and glasses in an office
Refugees
Greece’s new asylum law ‘poses continuous traps’ for refugees
An aerial view shows makeshift shelters at the Dagahaley camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border in Garissa County, Kenya, on April 3, 2011.
Refugee camps versus urban refugees: What’s been said — and done
Syrian refugees embrace after landing at Chicago's O'Hare airport.
Immigration
US refugee agencies wither as Trump administration cuts numbers to historic lows
portable shower
Displacement
USC students work with refugees to engineer solutions for better camp life
A woman in a hijab smiles and poses with three boys ranging in age
Global Nation Education
Campus housing takes on new meaning as US considers more caps on refugee resettlement
A woman drags a suitcase in the foreground. In the background, a police officer and three men dragging suitcases.
Migration
As asylum-seekers trek north, Canada examines border loophole
a man holds up his right hand in front of a wall of fingerpaint-hands
Migration
Guatemala’s shortcomings raise doubts about US migration deal
an asylum-seeker in Italy sits at the bottom of some stairs in Genoa
Refugees
After budget cuts, asylum-seekers in Italy forced out of cities
A grandmother wearing a blue shirt, stands to the left of her daughter wearing a red dress who is standing next to her son.
Refugees
These asylum-seekers won their refugee cases in Greece. Some wish they hadn’t.
A girl and a woman carry bags and have their back turned to the camera on a city street
Immigration
Why it’s harder to win asylum, even in New York
an illustration of the silhouettes of children on a detention center building
US government uses several clandestine shelters to detain immigrant children
A boy in a blur running.
Arts, Culture & Media
From Syrian refugee to Oscar nominee, ‘Capernaum’ star gets second chance at childhood in Norway
abandonded house with encroaching seawater
Climate Change
UN compact recognizes climate change as driver of migration for first time
Syrian refugees look at the camera as they stand in front of their homes at Azraq refugee camp
Limits on refugee resettlement lead to agency closures in Los Angeles
migrants reach through a fence with pieces of food
Immigration
Waiting for asylum, migrants in limbo grow desperate
Lawrence Alatrash, 25, a non-binary gay Syrian refugee, shows a photo of himself on his mobile phone dressed up in a green tutu for last year's gay pride parade in downtown Athens, Greece.  
Sexuality
Some refugees use Grindr to find love — and money
refugee
Under Trump, US has all but halted admissions for the world’s most persecuted people
A man and a child peer out a window of a building. Next to them is a road sign that says "road closed"
Immigration
Refugees asking for asylum in Canada argue the US is no longer safe
asylum-seekers sing in a church choir
Religion
How a small church in Massachusetts became a destination for LGBTQ asylum-seekers from all over the world
refugee children take an integration class in Germany
Immigration
Support for refugees increases when refugees participate in integration programs
Newly arriving Jewish refugee from the Nazi Holocaust wave from the ship "S.S. Awarea" as it pulls into Haifa port on April 6, 1948.
Immigration
Deporting asylum-seekers without giving them a chance to make their case would violate US and international laws
A woman holding a baby waits in line, above an open helping hand is extended.
Conflict
Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US
An African immigrant jumps over a fence into a ferry terminal in the western Greek town of Patras on April 28, 2015.
Conflict
The illusion of ‘controlled migration’ is that you can actually control it
EU leaders have committed extra ships, planes and helicopters to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit. More than 1,300 migrants have died in April 2015.
Justice
Destroying smugglers’ boats won’t fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says
Illegal migrants stand in an immigration holding centre located on the outskirts of Misrata Libya, on March 11, 2015. Italy wants Egypt and Tunisia to play a role in rescuing stricken migrant vessels in the Mediterranean.
Conflict
Who’s responsible for the flood of migrants arriving on the shores of Italy?
A ship called Blue Sky M docking in southern Italy on New Year’s Eve 2014 after being rescued. Locals interrupted their celebrations to help the hundreds of freezing refugees on board.
Conflict
Southern Italians ditched their New Year’s Eve parties to help freezing refugees rescued at sea
An Iraqi Christian man from Mosul, who fled from violence in northern Iraq, reads a book at the Latin Patriarchate Church in Amman, Jordan, on August 21, 2014.
Belief
On Christmas, some of the oldest Christian communities on Earth are on the run
9-year-old Ahmad in Beirut 2014
Conflict
Giving Syrian children their identities back, one portrait at a time
The main atrium of this would-be mall is now home to hundreds of Iraqis from villages outside Mosul. Here the concrete floors and walls give families more protection than the displaced families living in tents in a public park just across the street.
Conflict
Erbil’s abandoned construction sites are a ‘saving grace’ for refugees
The view across the Kawar Gosk refugee camp for Syrian refugees in Northern Iraq.
Conflict
Refugees who have escaped ISIS will soon have to battle winter weather
Global Scan
Are alleged ISIS passports a hoax?
Girls stand in a dorm at the shelter for underage immigrants and repatriated minors in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Global Politics
Why so many undocumented kids continue to cross the border from Mexico into the US without their parents
Syrian refugees
Conflict & Justice
Syrians who once took in Iraqi refugees find the tables have turned
Global Scan
Turkish protesters have a new target — their president’s social media followers
Environment
A Pacific islands man says climate change makes him a refugee from his home
>Seni Felić took his seven-year-old son, Venice to Sarajevo, Bosnia for the first time this year. Felić says he wants Venice to learn more about his Bosnian roots. (Photo Courtesy of Seni Felić).
Conflict & Justice
Bosnian Refugees Reflect on Syrian Civil War
Humanitarian Crisis in Syria Worsens as U.S. Deliberates Action
Syrian Refugees Flood Jordan
Global Politics
In Germany, Asylum Seekers Demand Same Rights as new Syrian Arrivals
Global Politics
Former British Foreign Minister David Miliband Discusses Plight of Syrian Refugees
Conflict & Justice
Syrian Conflict Reaches Grim Milestone: Two Million Refugees and Counting
IKEA creates modular shelters for refugees
Israel wants to tie peace with Palestinians to reparations for Middle Eastern Jews who fled to Israel
Tensions rising in Turkey over Syrian refugees
Israel moves to evict residents of illegal West Bank settlement
Global Politics
Language barriers make it tough for Colorado refugees to understand mass shooting
Kidnappings reported as Lebanese strain under Syrian refugee load
Mental health officials try to help Middle Eastern refugees with PTSD
Global Politics
VIDEO: In Australia, officials prohibit TV stations from airing video of asylum seekers
Syrian violences leaves Iraqi refugees in extended limbo
Refugees in Fargo face cultural and climate challenges