Fatima ‘Natasha’ Khalil, 24, was a human rights worker shaped by two decades of struggle. She joins a painfully long list of young Afghans who died trying to help their country.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
When the Soldiers Meant to Protect You Instead Come to Kill
Extremists and vigilantes are killing civilians in the West African nation of Burkina Faso, but so are soldiers, sowing fear and suspicion in a country that had once prided itself on its strong social fabric. We traveled to the country’s volatile far n…
Number of Refugees Worldwide Has Doubled in a Decade, U.N. Report Says
Nearly 80 million people, or 1 percent of humanity, now qualify as refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced.
In Iraq, a New Prime Minister Takes Stock of His Bloodied Land
In one city ruined by war, even the stones seem to have voices. They tell the stories of people who can no longer speak for themselves.
Syria’s Idlib Province, Wrecked by War. Readies for Coronavirus Battle
A Syrian pharmacist volunteered to help prepare for the onset of the coronavirus in a region crowded with war refugees. Here is his account.
His Family Fled Syria. He Didn’t Cry Until He Heard About His Sisters.
Yousef was just 13 when his family left Syria for Europe. Five years later, he’s adjusting to life separated from his three sisters and the ups and downs of adolescence.
Hungary Moves to Close Border Camps After E.U. Court Ruling
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government has shifted more than 300 asylum applicants out of detention in fenced “transit zones.”
Gil Loescher, 75, Refugees Expert Who Survived Iraq Bombing, Dies
He lost his legs in a 2003 suicide attack but continued his scholarship and field work on behalf of the world’s displaced.
Coronavirus Brings Migrant Labor to a Near Halt
Laborers have not just stopped traveling in search of work. Many have also headed back to their home countries.
Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Stuck at Sea With ‘Zero Hope’
At least three boats carrying Rohingya refugees have been adrift for more than two months. As of this week, rights groups that had been tracking the boats lost sight of them.