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Stories That Move
The refugee story is a human story, it could be your story too. We bring you thoughtful accurate and inspiring stories across the human experience of migration.

Far From Home, Young Refugees Finding Their Way in Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

East African bloc: Members to allow Somali refugees to work
Nairobi, Kenya

More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean
Mediterranean Sea

Australia close to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees
Canberra, Australia

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s response to refugee crisis
National Gallery, Prague

Inside Trump's Border Crackdown on Women and Kids
US-Mexico Border, San Diego-Tijuana

The Ugandans who let 272,000 South Sudanese refugees move in down the road
Yumbe, Uganda

My life in Jordan: children share their photos – in pictures
Jordan

Bells sound empathy for refugees
Peel, Isle of Man

In a Refugee’s Bags, Memories of Home
Amman, Jordan

For Refugee Agencies, a Court Stay Only Adds to the Confusion
United States

Young people less likely to view refugees as major threat
United States

The Underground Railroad for Refugees
Buffalo, New York

LGBT Refugees Trapped By Trump’s Immigration Order
Denizli, Turkey

Syrian refugee children process trauma through art
Lebanon

At Greece’s Refugee Camps, Trying to Recreate the Everyday
Greece

Demolishing the Calais camp made refugees’ lives harder
Calais, France

Here’s why it’s so difficult to be a Syrian refugee in South Florida
South Florida

Hungarian border guards taking selfies with beaten migrants
Hungary-Serbia border

DHS is considering separating mothers and children who cross the border illegally
Department of Homeland Security

Syrian children in state of 'toxic stress', Save the Children says
Syria

Khizr Khan claims travel privileges under review
Toronto, Canada

Asylum seekers continue fight against flawed asylum process
Central Helsinki

Trump signs new travel ban directive
White House

A powerful exhibit that lets an American and a refugee in Iraq talk face to face
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

Refugee All Stars sing message of hope in America
Freetown, Sierra Leone

We Entered the U.S. As Jewish Refugees. Now My Parents Support the Muslim Ban
Syria

A Thriving Rural Town's Winning Formula Faces New Threats
Cawker City, Kansas

What It’s Like to Have Your Parents Deported
Berea, Kentucky

Tibet women's football team 'denied US visas'
Tibet

ICE nabs young ‘dreamer’ applicant
Jackson, Mississippi

Sanctuary Restaurants movement surpasses 300 restaurant landmark
New York

FDR Rejected Anne Frank Twice as a Refugee
Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect

Germany hate crime: Nearly 10 attacks a day on migrants in 2016
Germany

Asylum seekers continue fight against flawed asylum process
Central Helsinki
Study: Crime rates drop as refugees move in
Utica, NY

Activists place Refugees Welcome banner on Statue of Liberty pedestal
New York

Crying is an everyday thing, life after Muslim ban
New York

Syrian refugee families learn ice fishing on Ottawa River
Ottawa, Canada

Food startup staffed by refugees doubled its sales after the travel ban
Manhattan, NY

Paris authorities order volunteers to stop distributing food to refugees
Porte de La Chapelle, France

75 years ago Americans allowed fear to trump human rights
Independence, California

Why these librarians are protesting Trump’s executive orders
US

More than 80 people died in a Pakistan terror attack
Lahore, Pakistan

Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders?
Phoenix, Arizona

Odds of being killed by a refugee terrorist? 1 in 3.6 billion
US

Loss and hardship to make it to Greece
Greece

Thousands march in Barcelona in solidarity with refugees
Barcelona, Spain

Migrants Choose Arrest In Canada Over Staying In The U.S.
US-Canada Border, Champlain-Blackpool

The Refugees' Author Says We Should All Know What It Is To Be An Outsider
San Jose, California

ICE detains alleged domestic violence victim
Austin, Texas

Restaurants Closed For 'A Day Without Immigrants'
Washington, D.C.

Trump Immigration Order Stay Leads To Disarray
US

Syrian Banksy Is Spreading Hope in His War-Torn Country
Damascus, Syria

As Syria burns, Putin hints at massive push to take East Aleppo
East Aleppo, Syria