Stories
The Germans welcoming refugees into their homes
Spare rooms are no longer vacant and home offices have become bedrooms. Meet the Germans opening their doors to refugees arriving in Europe.
War survivor focuses lens on refugees
Photographer Giles Duley barely survived an explosion in Afghanistan. His lasting wounds allow him to connect with the people he captures on film.
A new approach to emergencies takes root in Africa
On her first mission to Africa as the UN's Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, Kelly T. Clements found lessons for managing the global refugee crisis.
War and hunger drive South Sudan displacement
Two years of fighting kept farmers from their fields. Now chronic hunger is forcing increasing numbers of people to make risky journeys in search of help.
Nakout's great escape
Having survived life as a sex slave, a daring escape from her captors and a gruelling journey across land and sea, Nakout is stopped in her tracks in northern Greece.
2015: The year of Europe's refugee crisis
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. Here are seven key events in this unfolding drama.
The colour of sorrow
Lina fled Syria when snipers gunned down her teenage son. Now a refugee in Jordan, she is drawing strength from her art.
Once a refugee, now a helping hand
A police commander, a farmer and a teacher who once fled war in the Balkans are among those helping refugees and migrants crossing into Croatia.
A teenage refugee champions girls' education
A passionate advocate for the education of girls and young women in Jordan's refugee camps, Muzon has been hailed as Syria's answer to Malala.