refugees

Caught on the border, many are vulnerable to extortion, abuse, and regional tensions.

Ankara claims it’s helping displaced Syrians return home. Kurds and international observers accuse Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government of demographic engineering.

Questions arise as to whether Erdogan’s $26 billion megaproject is intended to clear his border of Kurds.

The evidence of Croatian police violence toward migrants is overwhelming, but Brussels continues to praise and fund Zagreb for patrolling the European Union’s longest external land border.

A federal court case could stop Ottawa from treating the United States as a safe third country due to the Trump administration’s harsh policies toward asylum-seekers.

New arrivals are ticking up again, but Europe doesn’t even have a short-term plan in place—much less a long-term strategy.

Repatriating refugees to dangerous countries violates international law and breeds conflict, instability, and future crises. Regional work visas and long-term integration into host countries are more promising solutions.

With echoes of shelling from Turkish-allied forces nearby, families sheltering in abandoned villages wonder when they can go home.

Turkey’s plans in Syria are part of a long and dark history of population transfer stretching back to the Ottoman era.

Here’s what doing so would mean for immigration levels.

Trump’s aid cuts posed an existential threat to the U.N. agency charged with caring for millions of Palestinians. Now, the agency is grappling with its own management crisis.

Washington should do more to address the worsening humanitarian situation in the region.

In the middle of World War II, Tehran became a haven for both Jewish and Catholic Polish refugees who were welcomed as they arrived from Soviet Central Asia.

The European Union is funding the Libyan coast guard to keep migrants out of Europe and detain them in a failed state—and that leaves them at the mercy of militias and human traffickers.

As the cases of Israel and Jordan show, an influx of migrants can prompt lasting economic reform.

Instead, Washington should focus on helping end conflicts around the world.

Bashar al-Assad is on the verge of victory after massacring his population with Russian help. But the EU’s fear of yet another refugee influx could spur action to stop the carnage.

Voters across the political spectrum have become hostile toward the millions of people who fled Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opponents are now responding with tough talk on repatriation.

The Turkish government provides millions of Syrians with health care and education. A multilateral political solution is needed and demonizing Ankara won’t help.

Beirut is ready to send refugees home, but there isn’t much for them to go back to.