Five-year-old Syrian refugee Leen works on her homework in Sacramento in November 2015.
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Ban or no ban, finding a Syrian refugee in the U.S. isn't easy.
Mercy matters.
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A scholar explains how mercy could be a simple act of opening oneself to those with opposing views.
Teenage migrants arrive in the UK, seeking safety and yet are surrounded by a new society’s suspicion.
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Post-WWII Britain welcomed child refugees with open arms. Now they are put in camps and treated with contempt.
A refugee protests at a camp in Greece in early February.
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The plan is part of a wider trend to outsource and offshore immigration controls.
A destroyed church in Harasta, on the outskirts of Damascus.
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Prioritising groups of refugees, such as Syrian Christians, over others will only create further polarisation.
Austrian and Serbian policy patrol the EU border in mid January.
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Europe is also building walls.
Can Europe prove that it’s capable of finding energy in its contradictions and differences and reinvent itself as a place the whole world respects?
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According to German public intellectual Claus Offe, Europe faces multiple crises but is not down and out yet.
Syrian children remove rubble Aleppo, Syria.
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This roundup from our archives explains some of the major conflicts unfolding in the seven countries singled out by Trump's executive order.
A protest outside Downing Street in London on January 30 against Donald Trump’s immigration controls.
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The UK welcomes a woeful amount of Syrian refugees.
Syrian refugees attend a knitting lesson in Istanbul.
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What Trump's immigration order means for three million refugees in Turkey
A rally against President Donald Trump’s order that restricts travel to the U.S.
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This isn't the first time the US has banned people based on nationality. History shows these exclusions have put our national security at risk and caused rifts with foreign allies.
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On Holocaust Memorial Day, Donald Trump took to his desk to instruct his government to keep refugees out.
Nowhere to go: Syrian refugees at a settlement in eastern Lebanon.
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As Donald Trump orders a temporary ban on most refugees to the US, here is what the international law says.
Life is in limbo for Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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With the many interconnected conflicts within Syria continuing, and with routes to safety increasingly blocked, what can Syria's 4.8m refugees expect in this ‘new’ year?
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A PhD candidate retells the moving stories of Syrian women, as they try to find a place in their new neighbourhoods.
Tracking the long and complex journey of refugees and migrants.
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Many migrants would have stopped before they reached Europe – if only there had been the opportunities.
Girls are at greater risk of early marriage in refugee camps where their parents are unable to provided the necessary support.
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Rates of child marriage increase among refugee communities, where rates of sexual violence are high and opportunities for families low.
A Syrian couple waits on the Turkish side of the Oncupinar border crossing for their parents to arrive.
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Integrating large refugee populations goes far beyond simply offering citizenship to some.
An over-crowded graveyard in Aleppo.
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The international community seems totally incapable of stopping the bloodshed in Syria. But we can express our outrage.
The so-called Calais jungle, now home to thousands of displaced Syrians.
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There is precedent for mass rehoming: just look at what happened to the Ugandan Asian population.