Refugees

World Refugee Day: Must-Watch Documentaries

Indians attitude towards refugees is a paradox. While most people in the country (65%) are sympathetic to the idea of sheltering those displaced by war and conflict in other countries, a majority (64%) does not want Indias own borders to be opened as they fe…

Quito, Ecuador - Gina Pena said she was leaving a humanitarian aid office in Ecuador's capital Quito one day when she saw the man who had threatened her life back in Colombia. "If I open my mouth, he'll cut my family up. That's what he told me," Pena recalle…

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Human rights groups on Wednesday called on Southeast Asian leaders to rethink their approach to the Rohingya refugee crisis ahead of a regional summit in Bangkok this week. Myanmar regards Rohingya Muslims as illegal migrants from the In…

To most Americans, Somalia is a culinary blank space. Stories about the East African nation often focus on its nearly three decades of turmoil; stories about the Somali people focus on the hardships of the approximately two million refugees forced out of thei…

If youre not prepared for it, an old photograph of the Twin Towers can do a number on your heart. Thats partly why Fred Conrads picture of the sunbathers is so eerie and disquieting: We know something the sunbathers dont. Something horrific. Something that …

* Dozens of North Korean escapees detained in China * Deteriorating economy leading to more refugees - aid groups * Safe houses far away from border targeted in rare raids * China says N.Koreans who enter illegally will face law enforcement By Josh Smith …

Other videos inaccurately said that Rohingya Muslims had attacked B.J.P. workers and beaten up a Hindu priest in West Bengal. Facebook said that after independent fact checkers disproved these claims, it buried those posts. In a more subtle attack, two India…

Lebanese authorities have extended the deadline for thousands of Syrian refugees to dismantle houses they have built out of concrete. They have threatened demolition if the construction is not removed by July. Lebanon hosts at least a million Syrian refugees…

While stories that directly depict the stories of refugees and asylum seekers seem few and far between, even in the increasingly more crowded content landscape of television, sometimes such tales can be hiding in plain sight. “What is ‘Game of Thrones’ if no…