TED Talks
Melissa Fleming: Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive
Today's refugee crisis is the biggest since World War II, and it's growing. When this talk was given, 50 million people had been forcefully displaced from their homes by conflict and war; now the number is 65.3 million. There were 3...
The Guardian
Risking it All to Travel to Austria
Rania and Ayman are tear gassed as they and other migrants move towards the Macedonian border once again. After more time in the camps, they are able to borrow money and fake Bulgarian passports to fly to Austria. There they are...
The Guardian
Blocked at the Border to Macedonia
Rania and her friends leave the camp to walk towards Macedonia. It's a perilous journey across raging rivers and muddy fields. Soon after crossing into Macedonia though, the police block the migrants, using force to keep them from moving...
The Guardian
Syrian Refugees Make the Dangerous Journey from Turkey to Greece
Rania and Ayman risk drowning in the Mediterranean, travelling in a boat meant to hold 15 people but stuffed with over 50, as they make their way from Turkey towards Austria. After nearly drowning, they encounter discrimination, scams,...
The Guardian
Preparing to Flee From Syria to Europe
Rania Mustafa Ali, 20, filmed her journey from the ruins of Kobane in Syria to Austria. Her footage shows what many refugees face on their perilous journey to Europe. She expresses hope and fear as she meets up with her friend Ayman in...
Curated Video
The rise of the refugee startup
Refugee camps are unlikely hotbeds of untapped entrepreneurial talent. The UN estimates that there are 3,000 businesses inside the Zaatari camp in Jordan, generating $13m per month, even though refugees there are not in theory allowed to...
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Syrian refugees assisted by Jordanian soldiers
Syrian refugees assisted by Jordanian soldiers over berm in desert. Great shot of soldier carrying child, older woman helped by friends.
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Refugees on military transport
Syrian refugees walk toward Jordanian military truck, climb in.
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Jordanian Soldiers hand out supplies to refugees
MS Jordanian soldiers handing water other supplies to new Syrian refugees: women, children, men
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Entrance to Zarqa refugee camp in Jordan
MS of entrance to Zarqa refugee camp in Jordan
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POV to Zaatar camp on border of Syria and Jordan.
Driving past small villages on way to refugee camp for survivors of Syrian Civil War.
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Two Syrian women refugees from Syrian Civil War, one holds infant
Mother in red holds baby, grandmother figure in black sits nearby as they talk.
Bloomberg
How Immigrant Voter Surge Elected Trudeau
Nov. 7 -- Donald Trump, beware. Just as election data suggests a surge of Latino voters in the U.S. is backing the Democratic Party, a recent Canadian government study shows it was a wave of minority support that helped sweep country’s...
Curated Video
Report warns young Syrians' futures are 'in the balance'
LEAD-INA report by the Norwegian Refugee Council warns the future of young Syrians is in the balance unless urgent measures are taken.New research says Syrian refugees need to remain engaged with their communities after being displaced....
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : New human rights report slams France over asylum failings
A new asylum report blasts France over its treatment of asylum seekers
Curated Video
UK opposition leader visits refugee camp in Jordan
British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday that a government under his leadership would recognise a Palestinian state "very early on".
He was speaking during his first international trip outside Europe since he...
Sky News
Ferry docks to process migrants on Kos
VOICED: A passenger ferry has docked in Kos - ready to begin processing thousands of Syrian refugees. More than seven thousand migrants are understood to be on the island - where officials have been accused of 'state abuse' following...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Syria refugee influx taxes Lebanese
CLEAN : Syria refugee influx taxes Lebanese
Curated Video
UNHCR calls for international community to increase aid to Syrian refugees
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Refugees on Tuesday called on the international community to step up their aid to Syrian refugees as the conflict in the embattled nation shows no signs of abating.
"We are witnessing some...
Curated Video
A look at the plight of Syrian refugees in Greece
1. Wide of Syrian refugee, Samir Ayub, and his daughter Reema, 6, inside apartment in downtown Athens
2. Close of drawing of Syrian flag and Reema after she was shot by Syrian security forces
3. Close of Reema drawing on paper
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Curated Video
Dutch PM visits Syrian refugees in Lebanon
Dutch Prime Minster Mark Rutte on Tuesday visited a refugee camp in southern Lebanon and spoke to Syrian residents at the settlement.Accompanied by United Nations Refugee Agency representatives, Rutte and Lilianne Ploumen, the Dutch...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : For Syrians in Lebanon no resting place in life or death
VOICED : For Syrians in Lebanon no resting place in life or death