How Doctors Use Text Messages to Get Medical Aid to Syria
New Yorker contributor Ben Taub reveals how doctors in other parts of the world are aiding medical workers in Syria. A United Nations commission found that “government forces [in Syria] deliberately...
View ArticleThe McDonnell Decision; Syrian Refugees in New Jersey; How Your Personality...
Coming up on today's show:Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for The Washington Post, talks about how CNN's hiring of Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, is symptomatic of a larger...
View Article"Beginning Again": Syrian Refugees Find a Home in New Jersey
As of July first, Governor Chris Christie will no longer have New Jersey participate in the Syrian refugee resettlement program. Hear about one Syrian family that’s already settled in Elizabeth, with...
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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Migration Edition (Abroad)
Migration and refugees have been in the news a lot in the last two years; a deeper understanding of migration and refugees, unfortunately, has not. From misleading language to distorted facts to the...
View ArticleFor Olympic Refugee Team, Survival is More Precious Than Any Medal
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Ten athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Rio have no flag and no anthem. They are refugees from a number of war-torn nations, and were...
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In Iceland, refugee population helps yield diversity, economic growth
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But, first: Anti-immigrant sentiment is on the rise in Europe, and it has spread to Iceland, one of the more unusual destinations for refugees from the...
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Syrian refugees find mental and physical rehabilitation in Jordan
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: The Syrian conflict is in its fifth year, making Jordan home to more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees, many struggling with trauma and the...
View ArticleRefugee Crisis Solutions; The Latest on the Explosions in New York and New...
Coming up on today's show:David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, offers his take on the challenge and the ways the international community might come together to solve...
View ArticleU.N. Summit on Refugees: A Watershed Moment or More of the Same?
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.The U.N. Summit for Refugees and Migrants begins in New York City today as part of the ongoing U.N. General Assembly meetings. The U.N. says this...
View ArticleConcrete Ways to Help the World's Refugees
As the world's refugee crisis continues unabated, both the White House and the United Nations are hosting summits that aim to tackle the problem of more than 65 million people displaced by conflict....
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UN issues unprecedented declaration on refugee crisis
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But first: At the United Nations General Assembly today, a first-of-its kind summit on refugees and migrants was held, led by the secretary-general, Ban...
View ArticleVoters in Hungary Say No to Refugees
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Yesterday, a referendum on migration in Hungary drew out millions of voters who oppose the European Union's efforts to relocate migrants within...
View ArticleHundreds March for Syria in Germany
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Approximately 4.8 million Syrians have fled their country because of the war. Though many have escaped to neighboring countries, over 225,000...
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Why Uganda is one of the world’s most hospitable refugee destinations
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Next: In a world struggling to accommodate a record number of refugees, one country has been notably welcoming.Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro...
View ArticleRefugees Fear for the Future as Authorities Demolish the Calais 'Jungle'
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Yesterday in France, many of the estimated 7,000 migrants in the Calais "Jungle" refugee camp packed up their possessions and rolled their...
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Migrant crossings have dropped, but the death rate has doubled. Here’s why
A Red Cross volunteer carries a Syrian refugee baby off an overcrowded raft at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos on Nov. 16, 2015. Photo by Yannis Behrakis/ReutersThe number of migrants who have...
View ArticleThomas Friedman Gets Down and Dirty on Climate Change
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Thomas Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, traveled from the Paris climate change talks to the Sahel region in...
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For this Syrian refugee family, starting anew in the U.S. is a solitary...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: In this campaign, the topic of refugees from war-torn Syria has been a political flash point.We want to look at what it’s been like for refugees...
View ArticleSlavoj Zizek on Trump, Capitalism, and the Left's Global Crisis
Slavoj Zizek, Hegelian philosopher, Lacanian psychoanalyst, political activist, international director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, professor of German at New York University and the...
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What Life is Really Like in a Refugee Camp
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. President Obama continues his final trip to Europe in what has largely been a last reckoning with the migrant crisis that exploded while he...
View ArticleAgony Overcomes Aleppo as Humanity Breaks Down
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Civilians in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo are reportedly not being allowed to leave after a Russian-brokered peace deal fell apart last...
View Article2016 Is Deadliest Year on Record for Refugee Crossings
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The crisis in Aleppo appears at first to have a beginning and an end, complete with an escalated campaign against rebels as civilians pay a...
View ArticleWhat Is the Price of Russian Cooperation?
Jonathan Tepperman, managing editor of Foreign Affairs, discusses the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, the Christmas market attack in Berlin and the greater context of the Europe's...
View ArticleEurope's Refugee Smuggling Industry
In 2015, The Guardian appointed journalist Patrick Kingsley to be their first migration correspondent. He joins us to discuss his book, The New Odyssey: The Story of Europe’s Refugee Crisis, which...
View ArticleRefugee Resettlement Divides Vermont City
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The city of Rutland, Vermont plans to accept 100 Syrian and Iraqi refugees later this month. But the issue has sharply divided the residents of...
View ArticleThe Business of Exploiting Suffering Refugees
Arun Venugopal guest hosts today!Investigative journalists Malia Politzer and Emily Kassie join us to discuss their latest article in The Huffington Post Highline, “The 21st Century Gold Rush: How the...
View ArticleProtest Art, Colum McCann on Guns; The Refugee Crisis Industry
Arun Venugopal guest hosts!Khadijah Costley White, an assistant professor at Rutgers University; Art Spiegelman, of Maus fame; and Stephanie Ybarra, Director of Special Artistic Projects for The Public...
View Article01/30/17: Trump's Immigration Ban, Security Council Shakeup, NATO Reckons...
Coming up on today's show:President Trump's executive order banning Syrian refugees and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations sparked confusion and outrage this weekend, as travelers were...
View ArticleDavid Miliband on Trump's Travel Ban
David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the latest on the travel ban, arguing for both the moral and the logical case against the ban."It goes to big...
View ArticleCrossing the Mediterranean to Flee Violence
Director Gianfranco Rosi joins us to discuss his new documentary, “Fire at Sea,” which won the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated Films Document Brutality of the Migrant Crisis
Of the many films nominated for Oscars this year, two focus their lenses on the refugee crisis. Last year was the deadliest year for migrants crossing the Mediterranean bound for Europe, and according...
View ArticleScores of Migrants Perish in Dangerous Journey Across Mediterranean
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.The bodies of 74 African migrants washed up on the shores of Zawiya in western Libya on Monday. As spring approaches, more and more people will...
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5 important stories that don’t have anything to do with President Trump
Photo by Carlos Barria/ReutersThe Neil Gorsuch saga continues.After additional marathon hearings on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines on...
View ArticleHow Smugglers Shape the Migrant Crisis, and the World
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Since the migrant crisis came into the Western consciousness in 2015, there has been significant reporting on how conflict, climate change,...
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How a doll can make refugees feel more at home
A girl holds one of the Refugee Doll Project prototypes at the Taste of Islam open house at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, on April 23. Photo by Larisa Epatko/PBS...
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5 takeaways from the new U.N. report on refugees
Evacuees make bread inside a refugee camp in Erbil, Iraq, for people who fled from Mosul due to fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants. Photo by Erik De Castro/ReutersDespite peace...
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Coming of Age, From Syria to L.A.
While millions of Syrians remain in the country during the ongoing war, more than 4.5 million have fled Syria, with approximately 18,000 settling here in the United States since the civil war began in...
View ArticleThe smuggler
In 2015 French radio reporter Raphael Krafft was covering the refugee crisis. Then one day, one refugee asked for his help. Raphael followed his moral compass… which led him on the journey of a...
View ArticleNo country for sanctuary seekers
President Donald Trump has promised to withdraw federal money from jurisdictions that do not help immigration agents find and deport people living illegally in this country. This week, we look into...
View ArticleTo Avoid Authorities, Smugglers Throw Refugees Into Watery Graves
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Since the year began, there have been more than 2,400 migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea. Many of these people are fleeing war and...
View ArticleThe rise of the new German right
In just a few days, Germans will go to the polls to vote for a new government in an election that feels strangely familiar. For decades, Germany’s elections have been subdued and predictable, but this...
View Article'Adua': A New Novel Reflects on the Colonial Legacy of Italy and Somalia
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. An atmosphere of unrest has dominated so much of our public discourse as of late. The uncertainty over the future of DACA recipients has sent...
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South Sudan civil war causes Africa’s worst refugee crisis
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioThe post South Sudan civil war causes Africa’s worst refugee crisis appeared first on PBS NewsHour.
View ArticleInside Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Beyond the planned border wall and limits on new refugees, the federal government wants tighter restrictions on immigration to this country. On this episode of Reveal, we examine efforts throughout the...
View ArticleInside Libya’s Migrant Slave Auctions
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment. For years, migrants and refugees from Africa and the Middle East have attempted to make the perilous journey through Libya and across the...
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Unsettled: A Story from the Global Refugee Crisis
Andre Twendele played dead through the early morning, until the sun was over the forest canopy and the security forces were far enough away.It was November 2005. He was a law student at the University...
View ArticleUnsettled: A Story From the Global Refugee Crisis
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentUnder the Trump Administration, the United States is on track to receive the lowest number of refugees since the 1970s, and that's despite the...
View ArticleRecent Deaths Highlight Shift in Pakistani Migration to Europe
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentLast week, a migrant boat en route between Libya and Europe capsized, killing all but a handful of the estimated 90 people on board.It’s one of...
View ArticleIsraeli Government Cracks Down on African Asylum Seekers
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentIn recent months, the government of Israel has signaled its intent to force tens of thousands of African migrants to either leave the country or...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: How to Help Refugees, Michael Jackson’s Last Days,...
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.How to Help Refugees (First) | Michael Jackson’s Last Days (Starts at 20:25) | Judge Scheindlin on Sotomayor's Stop-and-Frisk...
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