World Jul 27 Syrian refugee elected mayor in German town as anti-immigrant sentiment rises By Malcolm Brabant, Mike Muhlberger
World Mar 19 Watch 9:25 Silenced at ‘the university of whispers,’ an Assad prison survivor can now tell his story Syrian teen Omar Alshogre was arrested and jailed for participating in a protest. He survived three years of torture in a compound referred to as “the university of whispers” because its prisoners were forbidden to speak. After fleeing to Turkey… By Malcolm Brabant
Arts Dec 11 New Banksy mural portrays Steve Jobs as a refugee The British street artist known as Banksy has struck again, with a piece portraying Steve Jobs as a refugee in Calais, France. By Gretchen Frazee
World Apr 21 Watch 3:28 Captain arrested for deadly migrant shipwreck The few survivors of the Mediterranean’s worst-ever migrant boat sinking arrived in Sicily overnight. The boat’s Tunisian captain and one Syrian crew member were taken into custody on suspicion of smuggling, reckless homicide and causing a shipwreck. At least 800,… By PBS News Hour