Jul 06 Support family or go to school? Rohingya refugee teen juggles competing demands By Aditi Malhotra, The Teacher Project Salamat Khan Bin Jalil Khan, 19, a Rohingya Muslim refugee, has missed crucial time in school so that he can help support his family, including sending money to his parents back in Myanmar. Continue reading
Jul 03 Hundreds mourn at vigil for victims of birthday party attack in Idaho By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Monday evening roughly 1,500 people turned out at a vigil honoring members of refugee families targeted in the stabbing. Continue reading
Jul 02 3-year-old refugee girl dies of injuries after stabbings in Idaho By Rebecca Boone, Associated Press Timmy Kinner is American, and the victims are members of refugee families from Syria, Iraq and Ethiopia. Boise Police Chief William Bones said the evidence does not suggest the attack was a hate crime. Continue reading
Jun 20 ‘It’s been such a long time since I’ve seen a flower’: Life in a Syrian refugee camp By Larisa Epatko Since Syria's civil war began, Jordan has taken in about 666,100 Syrian refugees. This is what life is like for some of them who live in the Azraq refugee camp. Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 7:48 Why this 13-year-old Rohingya refugee faces intense pressure to marry By Tania Rashid Child marriage is common among the Rohingya, but for those who have fled terror in Myanmar, insecurity and poverty is pushing many families to marry off their daughters even earlier. Special correspondent Tania Rashid and videographer Phil Caller meet a… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 8:07 Before they agree to go home, the Rohingya have some demands By Tania Rashid They escaped a campaign of murder, repression and rape by Myanmar's military and militant Buddhist monks. Now hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims refugees in Bangladesh await the political deal that would allow a return to their homeland. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Apr 17 Watch 4:33 Trump administration looks to narrow protections for abuse victims seeking asylum According to U.S. immigration courts, foreign victims of domestic and sexual violence are entitled to seek asylum in the United States, but the Trump administration could make it more difficult. Amna Nawaz talks with Julia Preston of the Marshall Project… Continue watching
Mar 22 Mohsin Hamid annotates the first page of his novel, ‘Exit West’ By Elizabeth Flock Mohsin Hamid’s novel “Exit West,” which follows two lovers on the move from a country on the brink of civil war, is our March pick for the new PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, “Now Read This.”… Continue reading
Mar 15 NYT Book Review of ‘Exit West’: A refugee crisis in a world of open doors By Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of "The Refugees," reviews the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club selection of the month, Mohsin Hamid's "Exit West."… Continue reading
Feb 14 5 overlooked politics stories that are worth your time By Saher Khan The 24-hour news cycle is filled with political coverage, but not everything gets the attention it deserves. Here are five politics stories you may have missed in the past week. Continue reading