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This Video of a Refugee Boy With a Golden Voice Is Going Viral

Sleman is a seven year old Kurdish boy, stranded in a refugee camp in Greece. He lives in a converted shipping container with 15 other people, including his family. This video of young Sleman singing a traditional Kurdish folk song...

PODCAST: Lidia Bastianich is a celebrity chef, restaurateur and refugee

Lidia Bastianich is a chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, TV personality, entrepreneur and for the purposes of this conversation, most importantly a refugee. She was born on the Istrian Penninsula to an ethnic Italian family. This is a region on the...

Trump’s refugee ban begins today and this Iraqi interpreter for a US military contractor has been blocked

Update: After a week long delay, a ban on refugees coming to the United States has become policy. Starting July 13, no new refugees will be allowed to the country unless they have a “bona-fide” connection. Last week, I learned the...

After Brexit, Thousands of Refugees Stuck in France May Actually Get Easier Access to the UK

This was probably not a contingency that “Leave” voters even considered a possibility. The Brexit fallout contains multitudes, and there is now a good chance that thousands of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants will soon have a far easier time making...

Map of the Day: Maritime Crisis in the Andaman Sea

Today’s map comes from the International Organization for Migration. It offers a detailed visualization of migration routes traveled by Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh in risky sea voyages. The IOM released this map today as part of a $26...

This Video of a Refugee Boy With a Golden Voice Is Going Viral

PODCAST: Lidia Bastianich is a celebrity chef, restaurateur and refugee

Trump’s refugee ban begins today and this Iraqi interpreter for a US military contractor has been blocked

After Brexit, Thousands of Refugees Stuck in France May Actually Get Easier Access to the UK

Map of the Day: Maritime Crisis in the Andaman Sea

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations