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September 20, 2016 Dispatches

World Refugee Summits Fail Refugees

Commitments Still Needed to Resettle More Refugees

A display of lifejackets worn by refugees during their crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chois, are seen Parliament Square in central London, Britain September 19, 2016.
September 20, 2016 Commentary

Afghanistan Conflict Fuels Desperate Journeys

Afghan boys look out from behind a damaged wall after a Taliban attack in Kabul, Afghanistan October 6, 2015.
September 20, 2016 Commentary

Educate Refugee Children Or Lose Them Forever

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September 19, 2016 Commentary

Australia’s Harsh Refugee Policy is No Global Model

A child held at Australia’s offshore refugee processing center on Nauru chooses freedom as what he most needs.
September 16, 2016 Report

Education for Syrian Refugee Children: What Donors and Host Countries Should Do

Maya, 9, reads a school textbook in her family home. She enjoys attending her local public school in izmir, on turkey’s west coast, where she is one of four Syrian students in her class.
September 15, 2016 News Release

Russia Needs to Pull its Weight in Solving Syria's Refugee Crisis

US Secretary of State Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, and UN Envoy for Syria de Mistura address the media in Vienna.
September 15, 2016 Commentary

Refugee Education Crisis Requires a Global Employment Strategy

Bara’a, 10, originally from Ghouta, Syria, leaves for school from her informal refugee camp in Mount Lebanon.
September 14, 2016 News Release

Pakistan: Coerced Refugee Return Endangers Thousands

Abuses, Harassment Force Afghans Home to Danger

Afghan refugees are seen at UNHCR’s Voluntary Repatriation Centre in Peshawar, Pakistan, June 23, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood
September 14, 2016 Report

Kenya: Involuntary Refugee Returns to Somalia

Camp Closure Threat Triggers Thousands Returning to Danger

Photo of Somali refugees getting on buses to leave Dadaab refugee camp.
September 14, 2016 News Release

Russia: Failing to do Fair Share to Help Syrian Refugees

Aid, Resettlement, Asylum Procedures Fall Woefully Short

Syrian refugees line up to receive aid for the winter from the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
September 13, 2016 Commentary

Kenya Is Abandoning Somali Refugees

A newly arrived Somali refugee is forced out of the queue outside a reception centre in the Ifo 2 refugee camp in Dadaab, near the Kenya-Somalia border, in Garissa County, Kenya
September 13, 2016 News Release

Provide Genuine Refuge to World’s Displaced

At Global Refugee Summits, Commit to Resettlement and Aid

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September 13, 2016 Dispatches

Hungary’s Xenophobic Anti-Migrant Campaign

Government Has Spent €16M Spreading Distorted Facts About Refugees

The Hungarian government's anti-refugee referendum bookklet

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