refugee crisis

UK musician Nick Mulvey

Nick Mulvey's latest album is a 'response to these crazy times' we're living in

"Wake Up Now" is the latest album from UK singer-songwriter Nick Mulvey. It was written and inspired by both personal and political events from 2016.

Nick Mulvey's latest album is a 'response to these crazy times' we're living in
A man who identifies himself as a migrant takes a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee camp near the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 10, 2015.

For many Germans, this election is about refugees

For many Germans, this election is about refugees
Supporters of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party rally in Athens, Greece, Jan. 28, 2017.

How Lesbos residents drove the far-right Golden Dawn party off the island

How Lesbos residents drove the far-right Golden Dawn party off the island
Searching

DNA might help him identify his family. But he can't find a way to give a sample.

DNA might help him identify his family. But he can't find a way to give a sample.
A Syrian refugee covers her face to hide her identity as she poses for a photograph at an asylum camp outside Stockholm, June 8, 2014.

Refugees in Sweden adjust to anti-migrant sentiment and tougher asylum laws

Refugees in Sweden adjust to anti-migrant sentiment and tougher asylum laws
Myrta Kalampoka says investing in her olive trees saved her family from the Greek economic crisis. Now she hopes their olive oil can rescue them from an ongoing drop in tourism to Lesbos.

Hear how investing in olive trees saved one Lesbos family from economic crisis

First came Greece's economic crisis, then the refugee crisis on Lesbos. Myrta Kalampoka almost had sell her family's olive trees. Then she had an idea.

Hear how investing in olive trees saved one Lesbos family from economic crisis
An Eritrean refugee girl plays with clay in front of a shelter in Mai-Aini refugee camp near in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, Feb. 10, 2016.

As Western nations shut out migrants, Ethiopia's doors are open — even to its enemy

Every day, Eritreans make the perilous journey across the border into Ethiopia where the prospect of a refugee camp within the borders of their country’s enemy, increasingly holds more promise than staying home. And Ethiopia appears only too willing to oblige.

As Western nations shut out migrants, Ethiopia's doors are open — even to its enemy
Rohingya refugee children attend a makeshift school at Balukhali Makeshift Refugee Camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

Trump says the world is a nasty place. This humanitarian disagrees.

The post-Trump world threatens to roll back some of the hardest-won gains of the last 100 years. But some see an alternative.

Trump says the world is a nasty place. This humanitarian disagrees.
A young girl in Ganyiel’s health clinic watches her 3-year-old sister who is sick with cholera. Her mother brought her over from Tayar island to seek treatment in the clinic.

Cholera stalks ‘refugee islands’ in swamplands of South Sudan

In South Sudan, people are sheltering from conflict wherever they can, including a network of islands in the swamps of Unity State. On one island, where 2,300 displaced people live without access to clean water or toilets, cholera has become rife.

Cholera stalks ‘refugee islands’ in swamplands of South Sudan
Syrian refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece

Mental health is the latest casualty of the refugee crisis.

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece
After Noor (right) fled Syria with her family, her husband began to be abusive. She now receives counseling and health services at this women's center in Jordan.

A women's health center for Syrian refugees is helping Jordanian women, too

About one in three Jordanian women report experiencing domestic violence but many lack access to services. Now, Jordanian women are getting help in centers set up to treat Syrian refugees.

A women's health center for Syrian refugees is helping Jordanian women, too
A young Syrian refugee looks up as her father holds her and a Canadian flag at the as they arrive at Pearson Toronto International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Dec. 18, 2015.

Way more migrants are now sneaking across the US-Canada border

The number of people crossing the US border into Canada illegally, and requesting asylum after they're caught, is rising quickly. The migrants are not held in detention centers like in the US. And Canada often obliges, and lets them stay.

Way more migrants are now sneaking across the US-Canada border
Tareq Hadhad

A Syrian family finds sweet success in Canada

They arrived in Nova Scotia with almost nothing but their chocolate recipes.

A Syrian family finds sweet success in Canada
Hamzeh Mourad and his daughter, Houda. The Syrian family arrived in Canada last December with nothing but their clothes and $800.

Syrian refugees in Canada face their first month without state money

In December 2015, the Canadian government started welcoming more than 35,000 Syrian refugees. Here's how some of them are faring 12 months on.

Syrian refugees in Canada face their first month without state money
Somali refugees

Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe

Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis make up the majority of the refugee population stuck on Lesbos and other Greek islands. So the Africans there to seek asylum are often overlooked.

Three Somali journalists on Lesbos hope for the best — asylum in Europe