Feb 22 Watch 5:20 For Syrian refugees, a long, uncertain route to immigration By PBS News Hour The vast majority of Syrian refugees live less than 200 miles from home in neighboring countries like Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Today they have fewer options of moving on as more Western governments shut their doors, and many have preferred… Continue watching
Feb 20 You asked: How are refugees vetted today? By Larisa Epatko When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month suspending the U.S. refugee program in order to implement more “extreme vetting,” PBS NewsHour viewers asked us what the current vetting process is. Continue reading
Feb 07 For Syrian refugees, uncertainty as legal battle over immigration ban unfolds By Larisa Epatko Advocacy groups say refugees who have resettled in the U.S. are concerned about what will happen to their family members living abroad. Continue reading
Jan 17 The Spanish lifeguards who save migrants from risky waters By Larisa Epatko When a boat packed with migrants went adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, bobbing uselessly off the coast of Libya earlier this month, a team of Spanish lifeguards knew just what to do. Continue reading
Jan 09 Watch 9:52 Despite tough living conditions, kids who escaped Mosul are happy to be free By Marcia Biggs A refugee camp just east of Mosul was supposed to be a temporary haven for those fleeing life under the Islamic State. As winter approaches, residents are stuck living in tents under harsh conditions. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs speaks with… Continue watching
Dec 26 Watch 10:49 Greek fishing village welcomes migrants, while others turn them away By PBS News Hour Amidst the wave of anti-migrant sentiment coursing through Europe, one village has shown a rare level of hospitality to those making the journey across the Mediterranean. In Skala Sykaminia, located on the Greek island of Lesbos, Nobel-nominated villagers rescue and… Continue watching
Nov 07 Watch 9:30 For this Syrian refugee family, starting anew in the U.S. is a solitary struggle By Marcia Biggs When the Darbi family arrived in New Jersey, they brought relief and hope for escaping a war zone in Syria and building new lives. But today the family is struggling financially and finding few means of support. Special correspondent Marcia… Continue watching
Nov 03 This year, more migrants dead or lost in the Mediterranean than in 2015 By Alison Thoet At least 239 people are missing from two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya in recent days, the United Nations migration agency said Thursday. So far this year, the latest tragedy brings the total to 4,220 migrants who have died… Continue reading
Oct 25 Photos: Thousands evacuated from ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in France By Abbey Oldham French authorities transferred 1,918 people voluntarily out of the makeshift migrant camp known as “the Jungle,” the U.N. Human Rights Council said on the first day of the mass evacuation. Continue reading
Oct 17 Watch 9:20 Anti-migrant sentiment lifts Denmark’s right-wing By PBS News Hour In Denmark, policies aimed at deterring the arrival of asylum seekers -- by making the country less hospitable -- appear to be working. And yet that slowing hasn't stopped the country from turning more to the right, in a dramatic… Continue watching