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When Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika requested asylum in Brazil three years ago, their prospects seemed bleak: they were homeless, starving and completely broke.
When Popole Misenga and Yolande Mabika requested asylum in Brazil three years ago, their prospects seemed bleak: they were homeless, starving and completely broke.
The men sleep where they can on airport benches, while others stand or crouch in every corner. Small suitcases and plastic bags filled with treasured possessions fill in the gaps until there is no more floor space to be seen.
The men sleep where they can on airport benches, while others stand or crouch in every corner. Small suitcases and plastic bags filled with treasured possessions fill in the gaps until there is no more floor space to be seen.
More than 2,500 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean while attempting to cross into Europe so far this year, the U.N. Refugee Agency says, with at least 880 drowning in the past week alone.
More than 2,500 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean while attempting to cross into Europe so far this year, the U.N. Refugee Agency says, with at least 880 drowning in the past week alone.
The Mediterranean has long evoked images of azure waters, warm weather and relaxation at reasonable prices. But that idyllic picture is beginning to darken, with plane crashes, terror attacks on the beach and refugee deaths at sea now blighting the region.
The Mediterranean has long evoked images of azure waters, warm weather and relaxation at reasonable prices. But that idyllic picture is beginning to darken, with plane crashes, terror attacks on the beach and refugee deaths at sea now blighting the region.
Today, between 59 and 67.2 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons are trapped in a state of temporary permanence. Sean Anderson of the Museum of Modern Art in New York explains why innovative architecture must be part of the solution.
Today, between 59 and 67.2 million refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons are trapped in a state of temporary permanence. Sean Anderson of the Museum of Modern Art in New York explains why innovative architecture must be part of the solution.
In an interview on the National Border Patrol Council podcast Sunday morning, Donald Trump again warned of another 9/11-like attack on the United States if refugees are continually allowed into the country. Sponsored: Drivers With No Tickets In 3 Years Read This Do NOT pay your next car insurance bill until you try this.
Pope Francis will take three refugee families from camps in Lesbos, to Rome with him on the papal plane, according to the Holy See Press Office. The Vatican will take responsibility for bringing in and maintaining the three families.Sponsored: Drivers With No Tickets In 3 Years Read This Do NOT pay your next car insurance bill until you try this.
Singing and dancing to traditional Syrian wedding songs by the light of plastic lanterns, a young couple ties the knot inside a refugee camp in Idomeni, Greece.
Singing and dancing to traditional Syrian wedding songs by the light of plastic lanterns, a small group of friends, fellow refugees and American volunteers helped celebrate a couple's new life together this week.
Woman who fled war, fire in Congo is refugee again in Canada wildfire
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Kenya closing refugee camps, evicting more than 600,000
Singing and dancing to traditional Syrian wedding songs by the light of plastic lanterns, a small group of friends, fellow refugees and American volunteers helped celebrate a couple's new life together this week.
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At least 28 people were killed when warplanes struck a refugee camp Thursday in Syria, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, with many of the dead women and children.
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At least 28 people were killed when warplanes struck a refugee camp Thursday in Syria, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported, with many of the dead women and children.
Unidentified warplanes carried out airstrikes Thursday, killing at least 28 people at a refugee camp in Syria, the monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
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As many as 500 migrants may have died Saturday when a large ship sank in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, the United Nations refugee agency announced Wednesday.
As many as 500 migrants may have died Saturday when a large ship sank in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, the United Nations refugee agency announced Wednesday.
As many as 500 migrants may have died Saturday when a large ship sank in the Mediterranean between Libya and Italy, the United Nations refugee agency announced Wednesday.
Pope Francis traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday to meet with migrants and refugees fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and North Africa.
Pope Francis traveled to the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday to meet with migrants and refugees fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and North Africa.
The cemetery on the Greek island of Lesbos is small. It has ancient cypress and olive trees, marble mausoleums and angels carved from alabaster. There are also more than 120 dirt graves marked only with chunks of broken marble.
More than 1 million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe last year, according to the U.N. refugee agency, and so far this year more than 173,000 have made the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
More than 1 million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe last year, according to the U.N. refugee agency, and so far this year more than 173,000 have made the treacherous journey across the Mediterranean Sea.
Six months in, President Barack Obama"s goal of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the United States by the end of the fiscal year is in serious jeopardy.
As world leaders grapple with how to end the Syrian war, most people in the west are struggling to look beyond the bombs, destruction and refugee crisis to understand the tangle of alignments that is Syria.
Competing in the Olympics is the pinnacle of most athletes" careers. But for Admir Cejvanovic, the first Bosnia-born international rugby sevens player, it would be the highlight of an incredible journey that has taken him around the world.
Turkey, EU reach deal on plan for handling refugees
European Union leaders have reached an agreement over the refugee crisis and will present it to Turkey on Friday, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Twitter.
European Union leaders have reached an agreement over the refugee crisis and will present it to Turkey on Friday, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Twitter.
European Union leaders have reached an agreement over the refugee crisis and will present it to Turkey on Friday, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Twitter.
European Union leaders have reached an agreement over the refugee crisis and will present it to Turkey on Friday, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said on Twitter.
An elementary teacher who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp has won a $1 million prize recognizing the "outstanding contribution" she has made to her profession.
An elementary teacher who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp has won a $1 million prize recognizing the "outstanding contribution" she has made to her profession.
When photographer Laura Aggio Caldon spent several months with Syrian war refugees last year in Lebanon, she met a pregnant mother whose life was consumed with three things: cleaning house, reading the Quran and raising a 1-year-old boy.
An elementary teacher who grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp has won a $1 million prize recognizing the "outstanding contribution" she has made to her profession.
We"ve all seen the images of boats carrying hundreds of refugees, many of whom don"t make it through the perilous crossing into Europe. It"s a reality that"s shaking Europe to the core.
Photographer Meredith Hutchison of the International Rescue Committee asked Syrian girls who are refugees in Jordan how they picture themselves in the future.
Turkey and the European Union have reached agreement on key points of a proposal to handle the overflow of refugees, according to a tweet for the spokesman of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
European Union leaders are holding an emergency summit Monday with Turkey aimed at staunching the flow of migrants to Europe as they search for a solution to the continent"s worst refugee crisis since World War II.
How the Syrian crisis came home to small town Canada
Muna Ali"s close-knit family in Syria has been splintered by war. But now her dream of being reunited is about to come true. Her adopted hometown in Canada will welcome 350 Syrian refugees this year -- including some of Muna"s family.
Eight-year-old Hamze is the family clown among his six siblings, declaring he wants to be a teacher and then cheekily changing his answer to egg salesman, knowing it will generate laughter.
Two Syrian men have been sentenced in Turkey to more than four years in prison in connection with the boat accident that claimed the life of Alan Kurdi, the young boy whose lifeless body came to symbolize the plight of refugees risking everything in their desperation to secure a better life.
A record 1.2 million people registered for asylum in the European Union in 2015, more than double the numbers of 2014, the EU"s statistics agency Eurostat says.
European Council President Donald Tusk on Thursday warned opportunistic "economic migrants" -- those who are not legitimate refugees but are seeking better living conditions -- not to come to Europe, saying their efforts would be "all for nothing."
"Get your affairs in order," says the founder of If Trump Wins. "That way, the day after the election you"ve got everything all settled and you can just come on up."
A hospital in Australia has refused to discharge a baby facing deportation due to concerns over poor living conditions in government offshore detention centers.
A hospital in Australia has refused to discharge a baby facing deportation due to concerns over poor living conditions in government offshore detention centers.
More refugees and migrants have braved wintry seas to reach Europe so far this year than in the first four months of 2015, according to the United Nations.
More refugees and migrants have braved wintry seas to reach Europe so far this year than in the first four months of 2015, according to the United Nations.
Top U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that ISIS was likely to attempt direct attacks on the U.S. in the coming year and that the group was infiltrating refugees escaping from Iraq and Syria to move across borders.
Billions of dollars in new humanitarian aid is critical but ultimately insufficient to end the suffering of those affected by the war in Syria, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees says.
Syria donations are a stopgap but won"t end suffering, says U.N. refugees chief
Billions of dollars in new humanitarian aid is critical but ultimately insufficient to end the suffering of those affected by the war in Syria, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees says.
Nobel Peace Prize nominees: The Greek island groups welcoming Syrian refugees, an escaped ISIS sex slave turned women"s rights activist, the negotiators who ended five decades of civil war in Colombia, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Germany -- long seen as one of Europe"s most welcoming countries for refugees fleeing war zones in the Middle East and beyond -- is moving to tighten its rules for asylum seekers, action that follows uproar surrounding mass robberies and sex assaults.
Refugees reaching Europe find the welcome is changing
Sweden"s interior minister said that his country is preparing to expel 80,000 asylum seekers over the course of the next year, according to media reports.
Migrants tell CNN"s Phil Black they came to Norway to escape the horrors of Syria but now hope this church can protect them from the Norwegian government.
Sweden may reject thousands of asylum applications
Sweden"s interior minister said that his country is preparing to expel 80,000 asylum seekers over the course of the next year, according to media reports.
Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei announced Wednesday he is closing an exhibition in Copenhagen following the Danish government"s passage of a law empowering it to seize valuables from asylum seekers.
Australia treats us like "prisoners," asylum seeking teen says
Russia"s foreign minister has poured oil on a firestorm surrounding the alleged kidnapping and rape of a Russian-speaking teenager by asylum seekers in Berlin, charging that there"s been a cover-up by German officials who say the crime never took place.
Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei announced Wednesday he is closing an exhibition in Copenhagen following the Danish government"s passage of a law empowering it to seize valuables from asylum seekers.
The New Year"s Eve attacks in Cologne have sparked angry backlash against refugees, but one former police officer is speaking up in their defense. CNN"s Atika Shubert reports.
Danish lawmakers are to vote Tuesday on controversial legislation that would empower authorities to seize cash and valuables from asylum seekers to help cover their expenses.
A 15-year-old asylum seeker stabbed a refugee center worker to death Monday in Sweden in an incident that"s not being classified as terrorism, police say.
The British government has ordered an urgent review of allegations that asylum seekers in the town of Middlesbrough were housed in homes with red-painted doors, making some residents targets of abuse.
Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year"s Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.
8 held in New Year"s Eve mass robberies, sex assaults
Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year"s Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.
Eight held in New Year"s Eve mass robberies, sex assaults
Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year"s Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.
Eight men are in pretrial custody in connection with a spate of New Year"s Eve mass robberies and sex assaults in Cologne, attacks that spurred a vigorous debate about asylum seekers in Germany.
When the Arab Spring erupted in 2011, Western states optimistically assumed that protests against authoritarian regimes across Northern Africa would result in a democratic "fourth wave." But few could have expected the chain of events that would lead to over 2 million refugees crossing the Mediterranean in open boats, seeking safe haven from their own failed states -- or a series of New Year"s fla
As millions of refugees flee the bloody chaos in Iraq and Syria, English builder Andrew Drury is preparing to make the opposite journey -- for a vacation.
As millions of refugees flee the bloody chaos in Iraq and Syria, English builder Andrew Drury is preparing to make the opposite journey -- for a vacation.
As millions of refugees flee the bloody chaos in Iraq and Syria, English builder Andrew Drury is preparing to make the opposite journey -- for a vacation.
Stranded for 60 days, Cuban family hopes for U.S. reunion
Jose Raul Gonzalez sits in his South Florida home worried about his 18-year-old son, one of the Cubans caught in the middle of an international refugee crisis.
More than a million people fled their home countries in 2015 in search of refuge, half of them escaping the war in Syria and the race is on to keep them alive -- and healthy.
More than a million people fled their home countries in 2015 in search of refuge, half of them escaping the war in Syria and the race is on to keep them alive -- and healthy.
Tensions keep escalating in Germany as reports of mob sex assaults on New Year"s Eve are giving way to attacks on foreigners and demands for refugees to leave.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the New Year"s Eve attacks in Germany as "disgusting, criminal acts" deserving of a decisive response. But she did not back down on her commitment to welcome refugees who obey German laws and pledge to integrate into German society.
German authorities have identified 31 people, including 18 asylum-seekers, as suspects in mob sex attacks and muggings in Cologne on New Year"s Eve -- one of several such incidents in Europe.
German authorities have identified 31 people -- 18 of them asylum seekers -- as suspects in violence in Cologne on New Year"s Eve, one of several such incidents reported on the same date in other European cities.
18 sex attack suspects in Cologne are asylum-seekers
German authorities have identified 31 people -- 18 of them asylum seekers -- as suspects in violence in Cologne on New Year"s Eve, one of several such incidents reported on the same date in other European cities.
4 reasons the refugee crisis will shake the world in 2016
Europe was hit in 2015 with a historic wave of humanity -- people, many from the Middle East and North Africa, fleeing violence or poverty, seeking a place to live, a job and a chance in life for their children.
Meet inspiring refugee boy who wants to heal the world
Europe was hit in 2015 with a historic wave of humanity -- people, many from the Middle East and North Africa, fleeing violence or poverty, seeking a place to live, a job and a chance in life for their children.
Lifejacket graveyard speaks magnitudes about refugees
Sweden has begun carrying out identity checks on commuters arriving from Denmark and Germany in an attempt to slow down the number of refugees claiming asylum in the country.
Sweden introduces border controls to halt flow of refugees
Sweden has begun carrying out identity checks on commuters arriving from Denmark and Germany in an attempt to slow down the number of refugees claiming asylum in the country.
Sweden has begun carrying out identity checks on commuters arriving from Denmark and Germany in an attempt to slow down the number of refugees claiming asylum in the country.
Five of CNN"s correspondents gathered recently to discuss how the world changed in 2015 and what may come in the year ahead. Nick Paton Walsh, Nima Elbagir, Ivan Watson, Clarissa Ward and Arwa Damon sat down with videographer Claudia Morales and talked about the stories, issues and people they had covered. See their conversations in a series of videos and catch up on the key stories of our time. H
Cholera outbreak threatens world"s largest refugee camp
Germany is banning fireworks in many refugee shelters because of fire hazards, but also so people who have been traumatized by war are not reminded of bomb and grenade explosions, according to German media reports.
If you spend a lot of time with us here on CNN (and we hope you do), you probably think 2015 was a pretty terrible year: Wars. Refugees. Terrorism. The list goes on.
If you spend a lot of time with us here on CNN (and we hope you do), you probably think 2015 was a pretty terrible year: Wars. Refugees. Terrorism. The list goes on.
If you spend a lot of time with us here on CNN (and we hope you do), you probably think 2015 was a pretty terrible year: Wars. Refugees. Terrorism. The list goes on.
Germany is banning fireworks in many refugee shelters because of fire hazards, but also so people who have been traumatized by war are not reminded of bomb and grenade explosions, according to German media reports.
Kiwi rugby star Sonny Bill Williams has come under criticism for tweeting out a graphic photo of two dead children following a UNICEF-sponsored trip to a Lebanon refugee camp.
Kiwi rugby star Sonny Bill Williams has come under criticism for tweeting out a graphic photo of two dead children following a UNICEF-sponsored trip to a Lebanon refugee camp.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants are pounding on Europe"s invisible doors -- dirty, exhausted and desperate to escape the daily carnage in their homelands.
Instead of just taking to Twitter and voicing their opinion on the refugee crisis, some celebrities are taking action to help charity awareness campaigns for migrants.
Instead of just taking to Twitter and voicing their opinion on the refugee crisis, some celebrities are taking action to help charity awareness campaigns for migrants.
Instead of just taking to Twitter and voicing their opinion on the refugee crisis, some celebrities are taking action to help charity awareness campaigns for migrants.
The number of migrants who have entered Europe by sea and land this year has passed 1 million, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday.
Five of CNN"s correspondents gathered recently to discuss how the world changed in 2015 and what may come in the year ahead. Nick Paton Walsh, Nima Elbagir, Ivan Watson, Clarissa Ward and Arwa Damon sat down with videographer Claudia Morales and talked about the stories, issues and people they had covered. See their conversations in a series of videos and catch up on the key stories of our time. H
If you spend a lot of time with us here on CNN (and we hope you do), you probably think 2015 was a pretty terrible year: Wars. Refugees. Terrorism. The list goes on.
Ignore the headlines: 2015 was actually a great year
If you spend a lot of time with us here on CNN (and we hope you do), you probably think 2015 was a pretty terrible year: Wars. Refugees. Terrorism. The list goes on.
Syrian refugees are the subject of a great deal of discussion in the United States right now, a point underscored in this week"s Republican presidential candidate debate.
The investigator at the heart of Thailand"s probe into the human trafficking crisis that gripped several Southeast Asian nations earlier this year has claimed asylum in Australia, alleging that death threats had prompted him to flee.
In a year in which terrorism, refugees and protests of many stripes dominated headlines, TIME magazine tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its Person of the Year.
Suleiman locked his front door for the last time and slipped the key into his pocket -- though he knew he"d never need it again. He took one last look at his home then shepherded his family into the darkness.
Refugee who fled Raqqa: Kids patrolled streets with AK-47s
The strict selective entry process has left dozens of migrants and refugees trapped in the winter cold at the Greek-Macedonian border. CNN"s Atika Shubert reports.
President Barack Obama issued a Thanksgiving address welcoming refugees on Thursday and spent part of his holiday calling troops to thank them for their service.
Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.
Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.
Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.
Justin Trudeau"s newly elected government has confirmed it will resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada within three months, giving top priority to those who are a lower security risk.
Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.
Hours after the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, the blame game began. Populist, conservative and Eurosceptic parties and movements across Europe pointed fingers at the refugees. They argued that the uncontrolled influx of so many refugees fleeing the wars in Syria and Iraq creates opportunity for ISIS followers to enter Europe.
Bergen: Syrian refugees are not a threat to the U.S.
Ben Carson fielded national security questions Thursday night, where he warned of "bad apples" among Syrian refugees seeking asylum in the U.S., and he described how many troops he would be willing to commit to defeat ISIS.
The House easily passed a bill Thursday that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until key national security agencies certify they don"t pose a security risk.
House passes bill that could limit Syrian refugees
The House easily passed a bill Thursday that would suspend the program allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees into the U.S. until key national security agencies certify they don"t pose a security risk.
We know that those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it. Yet that sentiment has been lost in the politicized attempts to fight President Barack Obama"s push to accept more Syrian refugees. Our state and national leaders would do well to remember a tragic incident from our past in which people fleeing from danger in their country were denied a compassionate response by ours.
It now seems possible that at least one of the terrorists in the Paris attack on Friday entered the European Union hidden among the wave of refugees arriving on European shores.
Along with hundreds killed and wounded, the Paris attacks have had a multitude of indirect victims -- Syrian refugees seeking safety from war. They are now being shunned stronger than before over fears that terrorists could be mixed in with them.
It now seems possible that at least one of the terrorists in the Paris attack on Friday entered the European Union hidden among the wave of refugees arriving on European shores.
Turning away refugees is the wrong response to terrorism
New evidence suggests ISIS, which has claimed responsibility for Friday"s Paris attacks, may be making good on its pledge to hide operatives among refugees entering Europe in the aftermath of the Syrian war.
Paris death toll rises to 132; suspects "may still be at large;" one terrorist posed as refugee
New evidence suggests ISIS, which has claimed responsibility for Friday"s Paris attacks, may be making good on its pledge to hide operatives among refugees entering Europe in the aftermath of the Syrian war.
BREAKING: Bomber posed as refugee in Greece and was issued emergency Syrian passport, French senator tells CNN
The war in Syria has claimed the lives of more than 250,000 people. A CNN reader asks whether the war and refugee crisis may have been triggered in part by drought and climate change.
Refugees forced to pay thousands of dollars for passage
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is hoping a newly-launched mobile crowdfunding app will help it overcome a funding shortfall and feed 20,000 Syrian children who have taken refuge from the country"s four-year civil war in Jordan.
The European Union has launched an emergency fund for Africa to tackle the spiraling number of migrants flooding its shores -- as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II.
The European Union has launched an emergency fund for Africa to tackle the spiraling number of migrants flooding its shores -- as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Several people were killed and wounded in a pair of suicide bombings at a refugee camp Thursday evening in southern Beirut, Lebanese state news reported.
Several people were killed and wounded in a pair of suicide bombings at a refugee camp Thursday evening in southern Beirut, Lebanese state news reported.
Several people were killed and wounded in a pair of suicide bombings at a refugee camp Thursday evening in southern Beirut, Lebanese state news reported.
The European Union has launched an emergency fund for Africa to tackle the spiraling number of migrants flooding its shores -- as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II.
EU leaders offer nearly $2 billion to stem migrant crisis
The European Union has launched an emergency fund for Africa to tackle the spiraling number of migrants flooding its shores -- as Europe faces its worst refugee crisis since World War II.
Tom Hanks: Fences not the answer to refugee crisis
Fences won"t solve the European refugee crisis, actor Tom Hanks says. The Hollywood star and American icon decried the use of border fences to keep out refugees and migrants fleeing persecution as Slovenia began construction of a razor-wire fence on its Croatian border.
Several people were killed and wounded in a pair of suicide bombings at a refugee camp Thursday evening in southern Beirut, Lebanese state news reported.
Several people were killed and wounded in a pair of suicide bombings at a refugee camp Thursday evening in southern Beirut, Lebanese state news reported.
The Norwegian government has sent a stern warning to Afghan asylum seekers coming across the border from Russia: You could get a one-way ticket to Kabul.
On an abandoned chicken farm, a few dozen Yazidi volunteers in mismatched uniforms go through their drills. They are training for an offensive they have long dreamed of: to reclaim the town of Sinjar, their home until ISIS stormed in.
The Northern Lights, or Aurora Borealis, streak the skies in spectacular shades of green, red and purple in this far northern Norwegian town of Kirkenes. Tourists flock to this bit of the Arctic Circle to chase the mesmerizing lights. But an entirely different reason drives the curious figures on bikes arriving here from Russia.
After arriving in Lesbos, a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, Anna Pantelia lined up with other photographers as they waited for another wave of migrants to arrive by boat.
The horror of Syria"s civil war is familiar to most, thanks to the ghastly images of death and destruction -- and most recently, of fleeing refugees -- that have played out across our screens.
About 10,000 refugees are in Serbia, according to recent reports. They face harsh conditions -- freezing temperatures and a shortage of aid and shelter.
Syria war prompts first "Doomsday Vault" withdrawal
The horror of Syria"s civil war is familiar to most, thanks to the ghastly images of death and destruction -- and most recently, of fleeing refugees -- that have played out across our screens.
Clutching pages of information and pamphlets, Kate McNaughton is one of thousands of Canadians who says she"s serious about transforming her good intentions toward refugees into extraordinary action, even if it means putting up her own money to do it.
William Kentridge"s video installation at Marian Goodman Gallery London follows refugees as they march through borders and across uncertain terrain in what the artist calls a "dance of death."
Accused of a heavy-handed response to the thousands of migrants and refugees crossing over its borders in recent months, Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight Friday, saying the only legal entry into the country would now be restricted to official border crossings.
One morning, as we set up to broadcast live in front of the Munich train station, we watched as a group of new arrivals stepped off the train from Budapest to register as refugees.
The White House blog thanked a handful of businesses on Tuesday, including three Silicon Valley tech giants for using their resources to aid the refugee crisis in Europe.
It was a cold winter night. Barbara Abdeni Massaad sat shivering in her apartment in Beirut, Lebanon. She turned on her heater to warm up but still had no relief from the frigid weather.
Accused of a heavy-handed response to the thousands of migrants and refugees crossing over its borders in recent months, Hungary closed its border with Croatia at midnight Friday, saying the only legal entry into the country would now be restricted to official border crossings.
Friedland, Germany is home to just 1,100 people. It now has almost 4,000 refugees, prompting its mayor to declare a state of emergency. CNN"s Atika Shubert has more.
Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday gave the United Nations" refugee agency three months to relocate refugees from the Dadaab camp -- the world"s largest -- to Somalia, or "we shall relocate them ourselves."
Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday gave the United Nations" refugee agency three months to relocate refugees from the Dadaab camp -- the world"s largest -- to Somalia, or "we shall relocate them ourselves."
