Syrian refugees on the Jordanian side of the border wait to enter a medical clinic in March 2017.
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Employing Syrian refugees is not the same as protecting them.
Federico Barocci’s 1598 painting ‘Aeneas’ Flight from Troy.‘
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As the United States bars its gates to newcomers, the ‘Aeneid’ – a story of war, exile, racial hatred and irrational fears – is particularly resonant.
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Syrian refugees have been banned from the US for the next 120 days. Whatever happens next, the country they are fleeing will never be the same again.
Getting asylum seekers into jobs is the number one concern for Sweden.
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Sweden is not suffering a crime wave because of immigrants, but there are real obstacles to overcome in getting refugees into employement.
Is Putin the new power broker in the Middle East?
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Russia has managed to regain, at least in part, its role as a powerful interlocutor in the Middle East, which it lost after the fall of the Soviet Union.
A Turkish soldier watches the border line between Turkey and Syria near the southeastern village of Besarslan, in Hatay province, Turkey.
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Caught out by the side effects of the Syrian civil war and deteriorating relations with the EU and the US, Turkey now appears to be in search of South-South cooperation.
A protester against President Trump’s immigration policy and a Trump supporter in New York City.
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Data since 1950s show Americans have always been wary of refugees. A public opinion expert explains current attitudes toward Syrian refugees and what it means for building consensus on policy.
Outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
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The court’s reasoning suggests deep skepticism of Trump’s position and spotlights the main issues for the further appeals that will surely follow.
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.