Refugees

Rohingya children climb the slope of a hill at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia on September 13, 2019.

I Oversaw DHS Refugee Affairs. Here Are 3 Ways the Trump Administration Is Trying to Mislead You

Last month, as part of an annual exercise to set the number of refugees who...

Last month, as part of an annual exercise to set the number of refugees who can come to the U.S., the Trump Administration proposed a cap of 18,000 in fiscal year 2020. This number, far...

Children hugging photographer Anna Bosch Miralpeix in Katsikas camp in Greece in 2018.

Waiting is a Boot on Your Neck: How Refugees Summon Joy and Why They Hide It From Us

I spent sixteen months of my childhood in limbo, first as an undocumented I...

I spent sixteen months of my childhood in limbo, first as an undocumented Iranian immigrant in Dubai and then in a refugee camp outside Rome, in the carcass of an old hotel that the government...

A woman and children pay respect at the statue of Sir Nicholas Winton at the main train station in Prague, Czech Republic, on July 2, 2015.. Winton saved 669 mostly Jewish children from the Nazis by organising their escape from occupied Czechoslovakia to the U.K.

They Fled the Nazis as Children. Now They Want Their Adopted Homeland to Welcome Other Refugees Too

The “Kindertransport” saved the lives of some 10,000 Jewish children from C...

The “Kindertransport” saved the lives of some 10,000 Jewish children from Central Europe in 1938 and 1939

High Angle View Of Young Woman Making Snow Angel

Heartwarming Viral Video Captures Refugee Children Having a Ball in the Snow for the First Time

This is one of the most heart-warming videos you will ever see

Welcoming cards and posters made by local children await Syrian refugees at an undisclosed location on December 14, 2015 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

How Europe Turned Compassion Into a Crime

A Swiss pastor is one of many Europeans who has been charged for helping as...

A Swiss pastor is one of many Europeans who has been charged for helping asylum-seekers

U.S. activist Ricardo Garcia (R) from Casa Asuncion shelter, accompanies six Honduran and Guatemalan migrants to ask for political asylum in U.S., at the Paso del Norte International Bridge, in Ciudad Juarez Chihuahua, Mexico on the border with El Paso, Texas, US, on June 15, 2018.

‘There Is No Way We Can Turn Back.’ Why Thousands of Refugees Will Keep Coming to America Despite Trump’s Crackdown

For thousands in the Northern Triangle of Central America, there is no easy...

For thousands in the Northern Triangle of Central America, there is no easy choice

Protestors march against the separation of migrant children from their families on June 18, 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

I Fled the Nazis as a Child Refugee. Trump's Border Policy Echoes Europe's Darkest Days

Eighty years ago Britain took me in, writes Lord Alf Dubs. Would any countr...

Eighty years ago Britain took me in, writes Lord Alf Dubs. Would any country do the same today?