The Netherlands branch of the organization published a slick magazine about refugees called "Glamoria" and put a flirtatious photo of a woman wearing life jackets on the cover.
Hassan Al Kontar arrived in Canada eight months after posting his first pleas for help at a Malaysian airport. He didn't have a visa to go anywhere else — until he found allies in an unlikely place.
Many of the millions of Syrians living as refugees in Turkey have realized they're unlikely to make it home soon. So some of the women are turning their knowledge of Syrian cooking into a business.
Many of the Syrians in Turkey are educated professionals who are under-employed, working off the books for low pay. A government program is trying to change that, but things are moving slowly.
Syrian refugee Monzer Omar, who first spoke with NPR in 2015, has been living in Germany awaiting his wife and young children. After a 10-hour trek out of Syria, they were able to join him in January.