Stories
Lending a hand in Hungary
Locals in the Hungarian capital are coming together to help exhausted asylum-seekers with food, clothes and kind words.
A childhood cut short by Syria's war
Four million Syrians have registered as refugees. Ivra, a teenage girl who fled to Turkey, gives voice to their loss.
A Refugee's Ramadan in Wartime
Ramadan is a family time, but for 4 million Syrian refugees like Shadiya, breaking the daily fast is not the celebration it once was.
Four Million Syrians Flee War and Persecution
New arrivals in Turkey and updated data from Turkish authorities take the total number of Syrian refugees over the 4 million mark.
A Good Samaritan in Greece
Papa Stratis needs oxygen pumped to his lungs, but that's not stopping him from joining the ranks of Greeks helping refugees arriving in Europe.
The WhatsApp wedding
Kept apart by war, two young Syrians fired up their smartphones and found love against the odds.
A refugee triathlon
Since fleeing Syria, refugees have tried many forms of travel to reach safety – including hiking, biking and even rollerblading.
The Artist's Way
She may sit under a parasol on an island, but Nasreen is no tourist. A two-time refugee, her love of painting is driving her onwards to find home.
The sea route to Europe
People risking their lives to reach Europe are often called migrants, but the current Mediterranean crisis is primarily a refugee crisis.