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Children play among the tents of Parc Cadeau, one of the camps set up in Haiti for migrants who've left the Dominican Republic after being stripped of their citizenship.

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Fleeing To Haiti, They Put Their Faith In 'God And Government'

12:21pm July 28, 2015

by Peter Granitz

Thousands of residents of the Dominican Republic — many of Haitian descent — have been stripped of citizenship. Facing deportation, they've moved into camps. Now they're living in limbo.

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WATCH: Merkel's Awkward Interaction With Tearful Palestinian Girl

2:41pm July 16, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Video of the encounter with the Palestinian girl whose family is close to deportation has gone viral. The German chancellor's manner during the interaction has been both criticized and lauded.

Malala Yousafzai celebrated her birthday and the opening of a new school with "brave and inspiring girls of Syria" in Lebanon on Sunday.

Malala Turns 18, And Opens A School For Syrian Refugee Girls

4:55pm July 12, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

The Pakistani education activist, who was shot in the head in 2012 by a Taliban gunman, marked her birthday with refugees in Lebanon. She warned that the world is "failing ... Syria's children."

Temple, left, and Ingrasci, far right, get to know a few of the 81,000 Syrian refugees at the Zaatari camp.

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Meet Your New Neighbors, The American Filmmakers

4:34pm June 30, 2015

by Sam Seifman

They're two guys in their 20s. And they live with the people they're covering. You can judge the results in their latest documentary, set in a Syrian refugee camp.

Syrian refugees wait to be registered at the port of Mytilini in Greece following a 6km-long march.

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What Do You Think Of When You Hear The Word 'Refugee'?

10:40am June 20, 2015

by Scott Simon

The United Nations says there are nearly 60 million refugees around the world. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on what it means to be a refugee, from the lives they leave behind to the struggles they face.

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Mohammad and Linda Jomaa al-Halabi, along with their five daughters, are among the fewer than 1,000 Syrian refugees who have been resettled in the U.S. They left Syria in August 2012 and arrived last year in Baltimore, where they live now.

Of 4 Million Syrian Refugees, The U.S. Has Taken Fewer Than 1,000

8:06pm June 16, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S has sent humanitarian aid to help Syrian civilians, but only a small number of refugees have been allowed into America. Now the U.S. says it will increase the number of those admitted.

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Afghan children look on at a refugee camp in Jalalabad on May 3, 2015. Like thousands of Afghan returnees, Neik Mohammad became unwanted in Pakistan after a Taliban massacre at a Peshawar school, forcing him to return home to a life of misery and fear in

It's A 'Year Of Fear' For Kids, U.N. Says. Can We Make Things Better?

1:10pm May 30, 2015

by Marc Silver

Gordon Brown of the U.N. said it's the worst year for refugees since 1945, and cited a litany of other miseries for youth. We asked experts what can be done to make 2015 a little less horrible.

A sick migrant is helped by friends to board a truck that is taking them to a local hospital upon arrival in Simpang Tiga, Indonesia on Wednesday.

Indonesia, Malaysia Agree To Take In Stranded Rohingyas

7:53am May 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The "boat people," as they've been called, have been stranded at sea for weeks with little food or water. Indonesia and Malaysia say they will take them in temporarily.

Newly arrived Rohingya migrants gather at Kuala Langsa Port in Langsa, Aceh province, Indonesia, on Friday after coming ashore. Most such migrants have been prevented from making port in Southeast Asia.

Why No One Wants The Rohingyas

4:47pm May 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

As thousands of members of the persecuted minority flee Myanmar and Bangladesh on rickety boats, the rest of Southeast Asia is showing a distinct reluctance to take them in.

Chantel, 3, and Antoni, 7 months, migrated to Spain from their native Cameroon, with their mother Tatiana Kanga, 25. Tatiana was nine months pregnant with Antoni when they crossed the Mediterranean Sea together in an inflatable boat.

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9 Months Pregnant, An African Woman Risks It All And Heads To Europe

10:23am April 23, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Tatiana Kanga paid a Moroccan smuggler $1,290 so she and her toddler daughter could ride in a rubber boat, 14 harrowing hours from Africa to Europe.

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