Germany calling McKinsey to help with refugee crisis
European Union leaders voted at a meeting Tuesday to relocate up to 120,000 migrants arriving in Greece and Italy over the next two years. Four countries, including the Czech Republic and Hungary,...
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How can Russia afford these airstrikes in Syria?
Russia sent warplanes into Syria for a second round of airstrikes Thursday. Moscow claimed it targeted five sites controlled by the group calling itself the Islamic State and other terrorist groups,...
View ArticleSome Syrian refugees are risking the journey home
Millions of Syrian refugees have left their homes in order to escape the ongoing conflict in their homeland. Thousands of those refugees have ended up in Jordan. But now, some Syrians are deciding to...
View ArticleCan states say ‘no’ to Syrian refugees?
After the news that one of the terrorists accused of plotting the Paris attacks held a Syrian passport, more than a dozen governors from states have issued statements and written letters to President...
View ArticleGovernors question refugee security checks
More than half of America’s governors have said they don’t want Syrian refugees in their states. They say it’s just too risky, given what happened in Paris and allegations one of the attackers posed...
View ArticleObama threatens veto on new refugee requirements
The White House is warning Congressional Republicans the President would veto a bill calling for additional background checks on Syrian refugees. That bill was introduced this week following the...
View ArticleSyrian refugees face economic distress
Nearly nine in 10 Syrian refugees living in Jordan are either poor or expected to be, according to a joint report from the World Bank Group and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...
View ArticleThe EU and Turkey’s refugee crisis
European Union leaders met with Turkish officials in Brussels today. On the agenda: refugees and migrants — specifically, the millions of people who have fled conflict in Syria and other countries,...
View ArticleWhy some refugees go back
Thousands of people will try to reach Europe this year from countries like Syria and Iraq. They’re following the same path that hundreds of thousands of migrants before them have taken. It’s a...
View ArticleTurkey — EU tensions threaten refugee deal
One of the casualties of last month’s failed coup in Turkey and its aftermath could be Ankara’s migration deal with the European Union. Turkish President Recep Teyyip Erdogan promise to cut the flow...
View ArticleAleppo bombings continue, as aid grows scarce
Aleppo was once Syria’s largest city and the country’s commercial and industrial hub. As of 2012, Aleppo has been divided into two sides – with President Bashar al-Assad’s forces controlling the west...
View ArticleOne solution for food security: putting seeds in a vault
As climates change around the world and the need for food constantly increases, agricultural scientists have created a vault to store seeds for various crops from around the world. In the event of a...
View ArticleFear of visa ban puts Minnesota’s Somali community on edge
President Donald Trump is expected soon to order a ban on granting visas to citizens of several Muslim-majority countries. The nations expected to be listed are Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Sudan...
View ArticleThe price of Russia’s support of Syria is steep
The full global political reaction to last night’s U.S. airstrikes on a Syrian air base remains to be seen, but the impact on Russia’s economic ties to Syria will only heighten tense relations. As...
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Syrian refugees are migrating to a California city that didn’t expect them
Layla Darwish looks up from the sidewalk and greets a Syrian woman waving down from her second-floor apartment. Darwish just saw her yesterday, but the woman tells her it’s been a long time. “That’s...
View ArticleRebuilding your financial life in the U.S. as a refugee
The U.S. is home to almost 2 million refugees, according to numbers from the Center for Immigration Studies, with around 75 thousand refugees welcomed into the country last year. Resettlement costs...
View ArticleChecking in with Syrian refugees one year later
Much has changed over the last year for Ali, Fatima and their four kids. They’ve moved into a sweet yellow house with a big back yard. They’ve planted a vegetable garden next to the driveway where the...
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One Syrian refugee’s story: From civil engineer to daycare owner
Before the civil war broke out in Syria, 34-year-old Dania Abdulbaqi held a good job in a quiet office. For five years, she drafted blueprints and solved problems as a civil engineer. Today, as a...
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What it’s like for a Syrian refugee to become the sole breadwinner
Amna Hafez will never forget her first day at her first real job. As a 34-year-old Syrian refugee in a new country, she insisted that her mom come with her, and immediately things went south. “We...
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Then and now: Syrian refugees reflect on their lives
More Syrian refugees live in Turkey than in any other country. Since the conflict broke out in 2011, more than 3.5 million Syrians have found refuge in their neighboring country. Most Syrians live in...
View ArticleRefugee-owned restaurant’s traditional recipe helps it stay afloat during...
Even during the pandemic, Youssef Akhtarini has maintained his routine of rising before dawn to make fresh baklava for his Providence restaurant Aleppo Sweets. He’s been baking the flaky...
View ArticleThe war in Ukraine is pushing bread prices higher in the Middle East. That...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been stressing worldwide wheat supplies — and sending the price of wheat soaring — to the highest since 2008. In wealthier countries, that’s merely inconvenient,...
View ArticleIt’s hard to send earthquake relief remittances to Syria
The death toll from last week’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria now tops 37,000 people, with tens of thousands more reported injured. Since the earthquake, there’s been a rush to send...
View ArticleWhy U.S. dollars are a growing form of international aid
After the recent devastating earthquake in Syria, aid organizations are providing canned food, health care and, notably, cash. One hundred and fifty dollars — denominated in the U.S. currency — that’s...
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Rebuilding after the Turkey-Syria earthquake
This story was produced by our colleagues at the BBC. The Mirbey flour mill in Turkey is once again a hive of activity — but it’s been on a long road to get here. “We went through very difficult...
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