Sep 21 Column: I, too, once sought refuge By John Komlos As Syrian refugees traverse through Hungary, economist John Komlos recalls his own journey as a Hungarian refugee in 1956 and urges the United States to take in more Syrian refugees. Continue reading
Sep 03 Why a photo of a dead Syrian boy touched a nerve on an enduring crisis By Colleen Shalby The three-year-old boy’s name was Aylan Kurdi. His family was one of many trying to escape Syria’s civil war for Greece when their boat capsized. Eleven others drowned, including his five-year-old brother and their mother. Continue reading
Apr 21 Watch 7:30 Would Syria safe zones stop refugees from boarding boats to Europe? By PBS News Hour While the UN Refugee Agency is urging the European Union to adopt an emergency action plan on the intensifying migrant crisis in the Mediterranean, a bipartisan group of U.S. senators has sent a letter to President Obama on the possibility… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch Refugees fleeing violence in Syria confront dire conditions in Bulgaria Refugees fleeing violence in Syria confront dire conditions in Bulgaria… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq? Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq?… Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Refugees Feel Let Down by Foreign Caution for Military Action in Syria Martin Geissler of Independent Television News visits the largest Syrian refugee camp in Jordan to gauge reactions to President Barack Obama saying he will wait to seek Congressional approval before any military strike against the Assad regime. Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Children Made Refugees by the Syrian War at Risk of Becoming ‘Lost Generation’ Children Made Refugees by the Syrian War at Risk of Becoming 'Lost Generation'… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch News Wrap: Car Bomb in Lebanon Deadliest Attack in Nearly Three Decades In other news Friday, new death totals from the car bombing in Beirut show at least 22 were killed and another 300 injured. It is the deadliest attack in Lebanon in three decades. Also, a sudden wave of Syrian refugees… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch With Little Hope of Going Home, Refugee Camp Takes on ‘Air of Permanence’ Syrians Fleeing Homes For Safety Still Face Danger in Jordan Refugee Camp… Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch In Call Brokered by Obama, Turkey’s Erdogan Gets Apology From Netanyahu On his last day in Israel, President Obama brokered a diplomatic exchange for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who had not talked since before nine Turkish citizens were killed in 2010. Margaret Warner reports… Continue watching