Dec 25 Watch 6:17 Forced to run from Myanmar, Rohingya find respite in Chicago By Paris Schutz While most of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims who escaped harrowing violence ended up in camps in Bangladesh, some have made it to the U.S. That includes dozens of young Rohingyas who have become students in Chicago's public schools. Special correspondent Paris… Continue watching
Oct 08 Syrian dancers perform show about migration in Berlin By Jona Kallgren, Associated Press A group of Syrian dancers is going on tour across Germany with a show that tells of the plight that made them flee their homeland and of the hopes they have for the future. Continue reading
Mar 27 Read these poetry postcards from immigrants, refugees and others touched by migration By Elizabeth Flock "Because We Come From Everything: Poetry & Migration” launched this month with 25 poetry organization in 15 cities. Continue reading
Mar 17 The difference between refugees and immigrants? ‘Refugees are the unwanted’ By Elizabeth Flock Viet Thanh Nguyen's new book of short stories, "The Refugees," explores the aspirations and heartbreak of immigration and refugee life. Nguyen himself came to the U.S. from Vietnam as a refugee with his family in 1975. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 3:34 Revised travel ban fight hinges on ‘Muslim ban’ question By PBS News Hour A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday blocked parts of President Trump's revised executive order that would have barred refugees as well as nationals from six Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. Hours later, a federal judge in Maryland issued… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 7:23 Refugee ban ‘a gift to those that hate us,’ says Madeleine Albright By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 8:17 Experts skeptical that limiting refugees would deter terrorism By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 30 U.S. will meet Syrian refugees goal, Homeland Security head says By Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson says he believes the government will meet its goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees this year. Continue reading
Jan 30 Update: 37 dead, including 10 children, as migrant boat overturns By Michael D. Regan At least 35 people, including five children, died on Saturday as they attempted crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Turkey into Greece, adding to already staggering totals of migrants and refugees who drowned or were killed in recent years, many of… Continue reading
Nov 21 ‘They’re just like our kids’: Obama tries to put human face on refugee crisis By Josh Lederman, Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Brushing off refugee worries at home, President Barack Obama crouched alongside migrant children on Saturday and declared they are the opposite of terrorists wreaking havoc from Paris to Mali. Continue reading