Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks down during the Refugee Summit at the United Nations in New York September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RTSOO66

Figures of the week: UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants calls for international action

Friday, September 23, 2016

Dang Nguyen Thuc Vien (2nd R), a 32-year-old daughter of refugees from south Vietnam, helps a local Vietnamese resident in Japan as an interpreter at a hospital in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan, November 25, 2015. Picture taken November 25, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino - RTX1WAPK

Why is Asia MIA on refugees?

Katharine H.S. Moon

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Premier Li Keqiang of China addresses the United Nations General Assembly in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSOSTM

China’s role in the United Nations

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Cities and refugees: The European response

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Internally displaced children attend a class inside a cave in the rebel-controlled village of Tramla, in Idlib province, Syria March 27, 2016. A group of people, who live in a cave, have set up a school for children during the day. The cave accommodates around 120 students, divided into two shifts. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi SEARCH "SYRIA SCHOOLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES

Three principles for global support to refugee education

Sarah Dryden-Peterson

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

A boy looks inside a tent at the Souda municipality-run camp for refugees and migrants on the island of Chios, Greece, September 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis - RTX2OEK0

The refugee crisis needs concrete solutions—here are three

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Displaced Iraqis from Qayyara gather in the city of Qayyara, Iraq August 29, 2016. Picture taken August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RTX2NLEG

The year of the refugee: It’s gut-check time for President Obama

Robert L McKenzie

Monday, September 19, 2016

Migrants queue in the compound outside the Berlin Office of Health and Social Affairs (LAGESO) as they wait to register in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2015. German authorities are struggling to cope with the roughly 10,000 refugees arriving every day, many fleeing conflict in the Middle East. The government expects 800,000 or more people to arrive this year and media say it could be up to 1.5 million. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Cities and refugees: The German experience

Bruce Katz, Luise Noring, and Nantke Garrelts

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Syrian refugee children receive gifts in a housing compound in southern Lebanon.

Syrian refugees and Western inaction

Robert L McKenzie, Leon Wieseltier, and Fred Dews

Friday, September 16, 2016

Newly built Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge, the third bridge over the Bosphorus linking the city's European and Asian sides is pictured with a Turkish flag during the opening ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RTX2N6BH

Why doesn’t Turkey have a more prominent role in next week’s U.N. refugees summit?

Friday, September 16, 2016