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## Refugee crisis


* ![Khaled Hosseini author of the Kite Runner](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34798e01e6e8f01d/69893b3486f68e0e8e6ea439/khaled-hosseini-kite-runner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 27, 2018  
## ['Stories Remain Our Best Teachers of Empathy. ' Khaled Hosseini on His New Book About Refugees](https://time.com/5407899/khaled-hosseini/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt356bf79a7b54b211/698936357cdbac467bd5d7f5/mg_7469.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 25, 2018  
## [Ai Weiwei Speaks on Refugee Crisis in New Interview](https://time.com/5347870/ai-weiwei-human-flow/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Mahita Gajanan
* ![Activists In L.A. Protest Separation Of Migrant Children From Families](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7b25232a275aa45c/698933768fd2ee7c0235bf06/gettyimages-978172374.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 21, 2018  
## [I Fled the Nazis as a Child Refugee. Trump's Border Policy Echoes Europe's Darkest Days](https://time.com/5317255/refugee-child-policy-europe-u-s-alf-dubs-amendment/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Alf Dubs
* ![syria climate change drought](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3d0883e7f90d529c/6988f63bab6d77652a6b120a/syria-climate-change-drought.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 21, 2017  
## [How Climate Change Could Make the Migrant Crisis Worse](https://time.com/5076003/climate-change-migration-trump/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![David Miliband IRC](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt950e9ae9bdd6f415/6988f56a096a947b336a0cea/gettyimages-869571574.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2017  
## [David Miliband: We Can Find an Answer to the Refugee Crisis By Working Together](https://time.com/5068493/solve-refugee-crisis-responsibility-david-miliband/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by David Miliband  
* ![A group of migrants who made a bid to reach Europe but turned back in Libya due to armed groups are shown in a pickup truck in Agadez, northern Niger, on March 31, 2017.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c24a338696c4eff/6988e2d9e76ad28d1962fa6b/asylum-seeker-torture-borders.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 20, 2017  
## [Why I Became a Doctor Who Treats Torture Victims](https://time.com/4991537/asylum-seekers-refugees-donald-trump/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Katherine McKenzie
* ![Taimma Abazli, 24, holds her new baby Heln in their tent at the Karamalis camp in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23ada37d91462e74/6988b31b5f570f06d0b23929/greece-addario-mother.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 19, 2017  
## [Why We Need to Protect Maternal Health During the Refugee Crisis](https://time.com/4948658/why-we-need-to-protect-maternal-health-during-the-refugee-crisis/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![Hadi Althib](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4da46956458e2482/6988d27422fb853b9ee21a4c/hadi-althib.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 20, 2017  
## [‘I Started at Zero’: How a Syrian Refugee Is Rebuilding His Life Through Education](https://time.com/4825289/world-refugee-day-education-hadi-althib/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![Lena Headey attends the premiere for season six of Game Of Thrones at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 10, 2016 in Hollywood City.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23c09194f6c5026f/6988ca5786f68ea5f56e463c/lena-headey-refugees.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 24, 2017  
## [_Game of Thrones_ Star Lena Headey Speaks Out Against Refugee Crisis: 'It’s Not a "Problem," It’s People'](https://time.com/4752682/game-of-thrones-lena-heady-refugee-crisis/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![<i>Helliniko</i>, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfa3615232e0e004e/6988b9cb097b90f8169b8ddd/richard_mosse_heat_maps_01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 15, 2017  
## [A Dystopian Vision of the Refugee Crisis](https://time.com/4667825/a-dystopian-vision-of-the-refugee-crisis/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Alexandra Genova  
* ![WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 10: Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly attends his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to run the Department of Homeland Security on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC. The](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltec1f41c53ca13f53/6988b9cd097b90630f9b8de1/john-kelly-chief-state.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 10, 2017  
## [Homeland Security Chief John Kelly Says Waiting 120 Days Won't Hurt Refugees. He's Wrong](https://time.com/4666828/refugees-john-kelly-president-trump/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Erol Kekic
* ![finding-home-lynsey-addario-syrian-refugee](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1968bd14ce91503/6988b9664dd215a1fcefdae4/finding-home-lynsey-addario-syrian-refugee.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 9, 2017  
## [A Syrian Family Waits to Learn Their Fate](https://time.com/4665014/finding-home-syrian-families-greece/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Aryn Baker
* ![A 16 years old from Afganistan showers near a makeshift shelter in an abandoned warehouse on January 15, 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. Weather conditions have been cold and harsh over the past few days.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt54d6cd1883ac02c7/6988b6d8ab6d772dcb6ac946/serbia-unaccompanied-minors-migrants-refugees01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 24, 2017  
## [Bearing Witness to Serbia's Growing Refugee Crisis](https://time.com/4643830/serbia-refugees-migrants/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jan 17, 2017  
## [Travel With UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Virtual Realty](https://time.com/4635917/un-virtual-reality-ban-ki-moon/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by TIME Staff
* ![From <i>Europa: An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees</i>](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt37d6b602981ed16b/6988b383cd1bba162e703711/europa-book-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 20, 2016  
## [A New Guidebook Aims to Inform Refugees About Europe](https://time.com/4608032/europa-guidebook/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Olivier Laurent

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