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A scene from the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, in January.

Opinion: Refugees Are Especially Vulnerable To COVID-19. Don't Ignore Their Needs

9:57pm March 11, 2020

by Muhammad H. Zaman

While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus infection in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard and it's urgent to mitigate risk, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University.

Many refugees, who have fled the fighting in Syria's Idlib province, are living in tents during a cold and snowy winter.

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U.N.: Humanitarian Crisis In Syria Reaches 'Horrifying New Level'

6:33pm February 25, 2020

by Fran Kritz

As fighting escalates in northwest Syria, the U.N. estimates that thousands of Syrians are being displaced every day.

Deir Hassan, Syria, is shown in February 2019 (left) and February 2020.

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Satellite Photos Show Rapid Growth Of Syrian Refugee Camps

10:24pm February 18, 2020

by Jordan Pascale

Fighting in northwest Syria has forced hundreds of thousands of people — many of them women and children — to seek shelter along the border.

Gov. Greg Abbott, pictured in Feb. 2019, said Texas does not consent to allow refugees to resettle within the state.

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Gov. Greg Abbott Says New Refugees Won't Be Allowed To Settle In Texas

6:27pm January 10, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

"Texas has carried more than its share in assisting the refugee resettlement process," Abbott, a Republican, said in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday.

From left: Sekou Sheriff, of Barkedu village in Liberia, whose parents died at an Ebola treatment center; a polio vaccination booth in Pakistan; a schoolgirl in Ethiopia examines underwear with a pocket for a menstrual pad; an image from a video on the et

Reporters Pick Their Favorite Global Stories Of The Decade

2:26pm December 31, 2019

by Marc Silver

The topics range from a ticking time bomb in the Arctic to the art of taking selfies in an ethical way. Here are the stories selected by our contributors.

Aid workers dish up rice and stew to refugees at the Gawilan camp in northern Iraq. The camp has accommodated nearly 2,000 new arrivals in the past month.

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Syrian Kurdish Refugees Say Kurdish Forces Tried To Prevent Them From Fleeing To Iraq

7:09pm November 07, 2019

by Fatma Tanis

"They told us, even if you stand here for 100 years, we are not going to let you cross," one refugee who made it to an Iraqi camp tells NPR. Many have resorted to paying smugglers to help them cross.

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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, where a hospital was shuttered because of the fighting.

Health & Safety

Turkey's Invasion of Syria Worsens A Humanitarian Crisis

5:52pm October 11, 2019

by Tim McDonnell

A front-line hospital was abandoned Friday as up to 100,000 people fled Turkey's ground and air offensive.

These toilets in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh were designed to be friendlier for pregnant women by giving them something to grab onto when using a squat latrine. At left: A long bamboo pole was installed next to a latrine from Oxfam Internatio

A Simple Way To Make Toilets Friendlier For Women In Refugee Camps

4:14pm October 08, 2019

by Marni Sommer

On a visit to Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, a toilet expert was thrilled to find a thoughtful innovation.

Elongo Gabriel, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, drops his kids off on the first day of school at St. Joseph's Elementary in Missoula, Mont. He is one of 330 refugees to be resettled since 2016 in the college town of 75,000 people.

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Popular Refugee Resettlement Programs Closing Under Trump Administration

6:30pm September 12, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

The number of refugees being allowed into the U.S. is the lowest it's been since 1980. Some smaller resettlement agencies particularly in rural states are closing putting refugees' lives further in limbo.

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An honor guard stands at the coffin of assassinated German politician Walter Lübcke at his memorial service on June 13 in Kassel, Germany. Lübcke, a Christian Democrat, was outspoken in his pro-immigration views. His confessed killer is an avowed neo-Na

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A German Politician's Assassination Prompts New Fears About Far-Right Violence

3:42pm July 01, 2019

by Deborah Amos

Walter Lübcke, who supported Angela Merkel's open-door refugee policy, was shot in the head in June. Political leaders and experts on extremism suggest Germany's far-right party may share some blame.

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