Jan 02 Watch 2:02 Fleeing war and poverty, refugees heading toward Italy abandoned at sea By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 4:03 These Syrian child refugees work in the fields to support their displaced families By Marcia Biggs Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 6:54 Why is the UN World Food Program turning off aid to 1.7 million Syrian refugees? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch Faced with 'mega-crisis,' UN warns of refugee suffering and security threats By PBS News Hour For the first time since World War II, there are more than 51 million people worldwide who are refugees or displaced; more than a quarter have been driven from their homes by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Chief foreign… Continue watching
Oct 10 Watch For one of Sudan's Lost Boys, telling story on film offers healing By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 07 Watch How Islamic State uses systematic sexual violence against women By PBS News Hour The Islamic State has gained notoriety for their beheadings and mass executions, but the group has also abducted thousands of women to make into sex slaves. A former female captive shares her story with the NewsHour, plus Gwen Ifill talks… Continue watching
Sep 20 Thousands of Syrian Kurds flee to Turkey after Islamic State attacks By Rialda Zukic Thousands of Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey since Friday after Islamic State fighters attacked dozens of villages. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch With 'nothing to lose,' more refugees are risking perilous passage to flee Mideast conflicts By PBS News Hour Turbulence in the Middle East, especially Syria, has created the worst refugee crisis in decades. In the past two weeks, hundreds have drowned in separate attempts to sail to safety in Europe. Judy Woodruff speaks with Michel Gabaudan of Refugees… Continue watching
Aug 29 Watch Oxfam: Syrian neighbors can't absorb growing refugee crisis alone By PBS News Hour Over 3 million Syrians have fled the country as refugees since the conflict began in March 2011, going to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq. And, according to aid workers, it’s getting worse. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Paul O’Brien of Oxfam… Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch Displaced Iraqis traumatized by Islamic State, betrayed by neighbors By PBS News Hour The humanitarian crisis in Iraq is taking its toll on displaced Christians and those in the minority Yazidi community. As brutal attacks from the Sunni militant group known as the Islamic State continue, hundreds of thousands have fled to the… Continue watching