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EMILY is a livesafing device being used to safe refugee and migrants found at sea.

It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece

Emily has already helped hundreds of refugees make it safely to shore. Now, roboticists are trying to make the craft even more effective — by making it more autonomous.

It’s a buoy, it’s a life raft, it’s Emily — the robotic craft that’s saving refugees off the coast of Greece
Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

We’ll Always Have Casablanca

We’ll Always Have Casablanca
A U.S. flag hangs over fake palm trees inside the compound of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad in 2011.

Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away

Translators who worked for the US military in Iraq wonder if their American dream is slipping away
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Some persecuted writers get a new life in the US. But exile isn't easy.

Some persecuted writers get a new life in the US. But exile isn't easy.
Zozan Khaled Musa, 25

This Syrian's decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost

Zozan Khaled Musa decided not to speak Arabic on a train ride to Germany. That changed everything about her journey.

This Syrian's decision to pass as a non-refugee came at a personal cost
Poet and essayist Ocean Vuong was born in Saigon and raised in Hartford, Connecticut.

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience

Twenty-eight-year-old Ocean Vuong captures his experience coming from Vietnam to the US in his debut poetry collection "Night Sky with Exit Wounds."

Read this brilliant new poet's take on the US immigrant experience
Amira, who married at 16, says she faced severe abuse at the hands of her husband and found it difficult to escape.

The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides

For many parents, it is a desperate measure sought in extreme circumstances.

The refugee crisis is turning more girls into child brides
German Chancellor Angela Merkel poses after recording her New Year's speech in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, December 30, 2015.

The refugee crisis was the story of the year in 2015. And that story is far from over.

The refugee crisis in Europe dominated the world's headlines for much of 2015. But it’s a challenge that’s likely to define 2016 as well.

The refugee crisis was the story of the year in 2015. And that story is far from over.
Syrians asylum seeker, Nawras Soukhta travel by train during a three-year journey to escape his country and live a better life in Sweden.

The long journey Syrian refugees take is confusing. Now imagine doing it as a teenager.

Fifteen-year-old Nawras Soukhta left Damascus three years ago with a dream to land in Sweden. Unlike thousands who die on the journey, he actually made it.

The long journey Syrian refugees take is confusing. Now imagine doing it as a teenager.
EU leaders have committed extra ships, planes and helicopters to save lives in the Mediterranean at an emergency summit. More than 1,300 migrants have died in April 2015.

Destroying smugglers' boats won't fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says

Thousands of refugees are dying trying to find refuge in Europe, and the continent's leaders want to stop the deaths by stopping the smugglers — and blowing up their boats. But that tactic may not fix the problem, and may simply endanger the lives of migrants.

Destroying smugglers' boats won't fix the Mediterranean refugee crisis, this man says
Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State (IS) are marched by armed men along a beach said to be near Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 201

Italy is seeking UN intervention in Libya after jihadist terror threat

"We will conquer Rome," says a masked jihadist in a video released by a jihadist group affiliated with ISIS. Now Italy wants the UN to intervene to stop ISIS from gaining a stronghold in Libya.

Italy is seeking UN intervention in Libya after jihadist terror threat
Safi Haso, about 70 years old, from Girik village of Kobani. "We are probably the last generation that has tattoos," she says. "All Kurdish women had them." In addition to facial, hand and neck tattoos, Haso has tattooed her own breast with circles around

These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos

Photographer Jodi Hilton visited a Syrian refugee camp last fall. And she came across something unexpected: beauty. Kurdish women there have facial tattoos, also known as "deq."

These Kurdish refugee women are proud owners of facial tattoos
People displaced by the fighting wait to get clean water at a water point in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the United Nations (UN) base in Bentiu, Unity State.

A flood of South Sudanese refugees is overwhelming the UN camp in Bentiu

In less than two months the refugee camp in Bentiu, South Sudan, has swelled far beyond capacity — leading to dire conditions and death.

A flood of South Sudanese refugees is overwhelming the UN camp in Bentiu
Fouad Faris, 19, sits at his computer in Shrewsbury, MA, video chatting with his sister, Rama, who is in Turkey. Faris wears a neck brace because he is recovering from a biking accident.

A teen who escaped Syria waits for a future in the US

19-year-old Fouad Faris fled his hometown of Aleppo, Syria, a year ago and moved in with his aunt and uncle in Shrewsbury, MA. He left behind bombs and tear gas, but also education, friends and family. For the past seven months, he's been waiting for asylum and a chance to restart his life.

A teen who escaped Syria waits for a future in the US