Jul 27 'I was a slave': Nigerian women escape sexual bondage in Italy By Jason Berry, The GroundTruth Project CASERTA, Italy — She is 32 and demure, with a poise that belies the image of a woman who was enslaved for five years in a Nigerian prostitution ring on the outskirts of Naples, the raffish Mediterranean port city 22… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 8:24 Fishermen stepping in to save migrants stranded in the Mediterranean By PBS News Hour As the civil war worsens, more migrants are being smuggled off the shores of Libya and end up stranded in neighboring Tunisian waters, leaving it up to those working at sea to rescue them. The fishermen here say that over… Continue watching
Jul 11 Photo essay: Migrants share their most cherished belongings By Carey Reed, Kenzi Abou-Sabe Take an inside look into the journeys and lives of several migrants, as captured by a group of international photojournalists. Continue reading
Jun 20 Photos: Global refugee crisis reaches all-time high By Kenzi Abou-Sabe The UN Refugee Agency released a report on Thursday which said the number of displaced persons across the globe has reached an all-time high of nearly 60 million. Continue reading
Jun 18 Refugees reached 60 million in 2014 as conflicts flared, U.N. says By News Desk The number of people forced from their homes due to conflicts around the world jumped again last year, according to an annual U.N. report released Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 07 European ships rescue 3,500 migrants in Mediterranean, send to Sicily By Cathy Zhao In the Mediterranean, a vast joint effort from several countries continues to locate and rescue migrants stranded at sea. British, Swedish, Spanish and Italian ships rescued 3,500 migrants on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:49 News Wrap: Divers race to rescue trapped passengers on Chinese cruise ship By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Chinese authorities called in more divers to search for more than 400 people still missing since Monday, when a cruise ship capsized by tornado-force winds on the Yangtze River. Also, more than 700 migrants in… Continue watching
May 25 Mass graves in Malaysia might hold remains of smuggled migrants By News Desk Police in Malaysia said Monday that more than 139 graves were found near the border with Thailand, and they suspect the graves contain the remains of migrants who were staying in camps run by smugglers. Continue reading
May 21 Watch 3:45 China's 'left behind' kids raised by grandparents while parents earn in U.S. By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 14 Watch 6:05 News Wrap: Malaysia and Thailand turn away migrant boats By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Malaysia and Thailand turned away three boats crammed with more than 1,100 migrants. Refugees from Bangladesh and Myanmar have been abandoned at sea by human traffickers. Also, the Taliban claimed responsibility for a hotel attack… Continue watching