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Despite Early Optimism, German Companies Hire Few Refugees

10:00am August 28, 2016

by Yvonne Muther

More than a million asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year. After three months, they are allowed to work. The CEO of Daimler predicted a new "economic miracle." But it hasn't happened.

Australian protesters demonstrate in Melbourne on Feb. 4 after the Australian High Court upheld a challenge to the government's right to hold asylum seekers at detention camps in Papua New Guinea and Nauru.

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What Happens When An Aid Group Sees Abuse, But Is Sworn To Secrecy?

8:16pm August 25, 2016

Save the Children had to sign confidentiality agreements to work at a migrant detention camp run by Australia in Nauru. The group's Mat Tinkler discusses what they did and didn't say about abuses.

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Firas Awad (left) and wife Tamam Aldrawsha, from Syria, spend hours studying German every day. Awad wants to complete the pharmacy studies he abandoned because of the Syrian war, and Aldrawsha wants to become a nurse. "I want to be useful," she says. "Use

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In A Tiny German Town, Residents And Refugees Adapt

3:02pm August 23, 2016

by Joanna Kakissis

Klosterheide, population 280, is hosting 60 refugees. Some locals are wary. "Those who don't try have no chance to correct their bad prejudices," says a local official who coordinates refugee housing.

A volunteer at the the Dar-ul-Islam mosque in Elizabeth, N.J., prepares for a party to welcome refugees. More than 50 newly arrived Syrian women and children were invited to the party.

At A New Jersey Mosque, People Of Different Faiths Welcome Syrians

8:57am August 13, 2016

by Deborah Amos

At a party for Syrian refugees in a New Jersey mosque, Americans of Lebanese and Pakistani descent and a Jewish family offer help and stories of their own immigrant backgrounds.

A closeup satellite image of the detention camp in Nauru taken in July 2013.

Australia's Immigration Minister Plays Down Claims Of Abuse On Refugee Island

4:17pm August 11, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

Peter Dutton was reacting to a report in The Guardian newspaper that found shocking allegations of abuse against children on the island nation of Nauru.

Deko Abdi Ismal, 19, teaches at a school in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The education and work experience that residents gain are a boon in the job market in Somalia.

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Some Refugees Returning Home To Help Rebuild Somalia

7:04pm July 03, 2016

by Laura Heaton

Some Somali refugees in the Dadaab camp in Kenya are getting what refugees dream of — a job. Only not in Kenya.

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A screenshot from the video "Running (Refugee Song)" featuring Gregory Porter, Common, Keyon Harrold and Andrea Pizziconi.

Yes, That's Hip-Hop's Common In A New Song About Refugees

3:10pm June 22, 2016

by Marc Silver

It's called "Running (Refugee Song)." Keyon Harrold, the trumpet star and one of the composers, talks about the art of creating a song with a conscience.

Assaga camp in Niger is home to some 6,000 refugees, either displaced within the country or from across the border in Nigeria.

One Mother's Perspective On What It's Like To Be A Refugee

3:15am June 21, 2016

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

She's one of a record 65 million refugees in the world today. Home is now a makeshift camp in Niger, buffeted by Sahara desert sands and winds.

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A boy looks on behind a net at the refugee camp of Schisto in Athens, Greece, on June 8.

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Refugees, Displaced People Surpass 60 Million For First Time, UNHCR Says

4:20pm June 20, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

At the end of 2015, 65.3 million people had fled conflict and persecution, the refugee agency says. That's one in every 113 people — or 24 people every minute. And very few found places to resettle.

Syrian refugees at a makeshift camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, on May 26. President Obama wants to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. this year. Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential n

Fact Check: Donald Trump And Syrian Refugees

5:10pm June 15, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

President Obama wants to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the U.S. this year. Donald Trump says there is a "tremendous flow" coming into the U.S. and he wants to suspend the program.

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