Can Germany's education system meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of refugee children? Some educators say there's a strategy in place. Others say there's not enough support or training and that the decentralized system is unprepared for what's become a "national task."
The Bavarian city of Traunreut, population 21,000, is working to integrate 600 refugees. Some locals are helping. Others are rallying against the arrivals. One thing is for sure: It's a challenging situation for everyone.
The Daas family has been without a home since early 2015. After ISIS invaded their hometown of Palmyra, Syria, they escaped to Turkey, then took a boat to Greece and are now trying to rebuild their lives in Bavaria, Germany. It's one thing to find safety, but they're discovering it's much harder to make a home.
Lebanon has the world's largest per-capita concentration of refugees. When Syrian activists planned a demonstration in Beirut to “defend the rights of Syrians in Lebanon,” the authorities slapped a ban on protesting across the board.
More than 1 million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon, and about 10,000 die each year. The vast majority of them are Sunni Muslims, whose faith prohibits cremation. In a country about one-third of the size of Belgium, burial space has become a pressing issue. One Syrian is doing his part to help.
A Syrian passport once cost $9 and took only a few hours to issue. As the Syrian conflict enters its seventh year, Syrians in Turkey are paying up to $2,000 and waiting for months to get one of the world’s weakest passports.
The war in Syria has had devastating effects on access to education for children remaining in Syria, and for those who are now refugees. Zainab Abdo, 21, is one of them.
While governments are grappling with a surge of refugees, these groups are working hard to help the people fleeing war and human rights abuses in Syria.
Canada has a unique program that allows local residents to sponsor the resettlement of a refugee family. This group in Nelson, British Columbia, is all set — except for one thing.
American neuroscience student Caitlin Duncan was among the women caught up in the mob outside Cologne's train station on New Year's Eve. A group of Syrian refugees came to her rescue.
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
She is the child of immigrants. She adopted two Vietnamese children. And this self-deprecating farmer and blogger is a key to understanding the rise of anti-refugee sentiment in the United States.
The US launched its first direct strike on the Syrian regime Friday morning local time after a suspected Damascus-ordered chemical attack killed at least 70 people Tuesday in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. The attack inspired US President Donald Trump to bomb a Syrian airfield. But will it change his thinking about Syrian refugees?
Without an end to the wave of people fleeing warfare Syria and elsewhere for a new future, it can be easy to turn a blind eye to the suffering. From the Greek island of Kos, photographer Jörg Brüggemann captured jarring juxtapositions on beaches shared by vacationers and refugees alike.
Migrants and refugees are trying to leave Hungary as fast as they can. Hungarians don't blame them, saying it's a depressed place where no one wants to live.
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Global Politics
How to help Syrian refugees? These groups you may not know are doing important work
PRI's The World
September 03, 2015
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While governments are grappling with a surge of refugees, these groups are working hard to help the people fleeing war and human rights abuses in Syria.
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Conflict
Some Canadians really want to sponsor Syrian refugees. Turns out it's harder than they thought.
PRI's The World
June 09, 2016
Canada has a unique program that allows local residents to sponsor the resettlement of a refugee family. This group in Nelson, British Columbia, is all set — except for one thing.
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Conflict
This Syrian refugee rescued an American student after she was assaulted in Cologne
PRI's The World
January 20, 2016
American neuroscience student Caitlin Duncan was among the women caught up in the mob outside Cologne's train station on New Year's Eve. A group of Syrian refugees came to her rescue.
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Belief
The ayatollah and the rabbi who teamed up to help Syrian refugees
PRI's The World
April 06, 2016
In Canada, an imam from Iran has joined up with his next-door neighbor, a Reform rabbi, to help raise funds to resettle families fleeing civil war. What brought the unlikely duo together? It began with parking.
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Conflict
How an environmental lobbyist became an influential anti-refugee blogger
PRI's The World
April 01, 2016
She is the child of immigrants. She adopted two Vietnamese children. And this self-deprecating farmer and blogger is a key to understanding the rise of anti-refugee sentiment in the United States.
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Culture
Meet the millionaire teaching Syrian refugees how to be Canadian, his way
PRI's The World
February 21, 2017
Do you have to be a vegetarian non-smoker to be successful as a Syrian refugee in Canada? Jim Estill says yes.
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Conflict
President Trump, you bombed Assad for killing 'beautiful babies.' Why won't you accept refugee kids?
April 07, 2017
The US launched its first direct strike on the Syrian regime Friday morning local time after a suspected Damascus-ordered chemical attack killed at least 70 people Tuesday in the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. The attack inspired US President Donald Trump to bomb a Syrian airfield. But will it change his thinking about Syrian refugees?
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Conflict
Syrian refugees in Canada face their first month without state money
PRI's The World
December 21, 2016
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.
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Conflict
Bikinis and lifevests: Indelible images from an island shared by tourists, refugees
PRI's The World
March 09, 2016
Without an end to the wave of people fleeing warfare Syria and elsewhere for a new future, it can be easy to turn a blind eye to the suffering. From the Greek island of Kos, photographer Jörg Brüggemann captured jarring juxtapositions on beaches shared by vacationers and refugees alike.
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Global Politics
What's the matter with Hungary? Writer calls her homeland 'a depressive country'
PRI's The World
September 14, 2015
Migrants and refugees are trying to leave Hungary as fast as they can. Hungarians don't blame them, saying it's a depressed place where no one wants to live.