Refugees

Displaced Iraqis to return -- but to where? Displaced Iraqis to return -- but to where?

Thanks to a law meant to quell sectarian violence, returning refugees who find their homes occupied cannot kick them out.
By Anna Badkhen Jun 12, 2008

  • Survival sex in Iraq

    Iraqi refugees banned from legal work turn to prostitution.
    By Carol Lloyd July 12, 2007

  • One Iraqi's collateral damage

    Ahlam Al-Jabouri did fearless humanitarian work under the U.S. Army in Iraq -- but when her life was torn apart by sectarian hatred, U.S. authorities were MIA.
    By Marc Perelman June 11, 2007

  • How Bush's war bolstered Syria

    The chaos in Iraq has emboldened Bashar Assad's authoritarian regime and given Syria new power to meddle in the Middle East.
    By Mohamad Bazzi May 31, 2007

  • Shame

    What we have done to the Iraqi people can never be undone. But there is one small gesture we can make: Apologize.
    By Gary Kamiya October 31, 2006

  • Tuvalu is drowning

    The island nation is slowly being inundated as the ocean rises, and some citizens are fleeing. How will the world handle a flood of "climate refugees"?
    By Alexandra Berzon March 31, 2006

  • Rage and danger in Kurdistan

    Angry with the U.S. for betraying their dream of independence, the Kurds could ignite an Iraqi civil war.
    By Jen Banbury July 22, 2004

  • Beaten and banished

    After years of special treatment under Saddam, Palestinians in Iraq are getting a brutal postwar payback.
    By Michelle Goldberg May 14, 2003

  • Deliverance or death

    A group of Iranian Kurds, who endured more than 20 years in a squalid Iraq refugee camp, are now squatting in a no man's land on the Jordanian border -- and threatening mass suicide if they are not resettled.
    By Michelle Goldberg May 13, 2003

  • "We're not prepared"

    International aid workers fear a humanitarian crisis as the bombs start falling on Iraqi cities.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 20, 2003

  • A night among the refugees

    Life in the embattled refugee camp of Jenin is one of fear and conflicting stories.
    By Ferry Biedermann April 15, 2002

  • A chance to shine

    Delegates in Brussels prepare for a role in government, and react variously to a French belly dancer in a spangled bra.
    By Janelle Brown December 5, 2001

  • The unwanted

    Hundreds of thousands of Afghans already live in squalid Pakistani refugee camps, where freshly made coffins lie outside carpenters' workshops. Can the world handle a million more?
    By Sean Kenny October 5, 2001

  • The politics of protection

    Are women who flee domestic violence political refugees? The INS says they could be, but controversial new rules could come too late for the woman whose case inspired them.
    By Fiona Morgan January 9, 2001

  • Bread instead of soldiers

    On the front lines of war, humanitarian-aid workers do the work of diplomats -- but some say they should stay away from politics.
    By Laura Rozen August 7, 2000

  • Witness for the persecution

    Croatian novelist and journalist Slavenka Drakulic tells a story of breathtaking brutality. We interview her about her new novel and her experiences.
    By Kate Moses March 9, 2000

  • FilmAid

    When some Hollywood producers tried to bring the cinema -- and a few celebrities -- to an Albanian refugee camp, they found their audience, though appreciative, had more pressing dramas to deal with.
    By Peter Landesman July 8, 1999

  • Life returns to Kosovo

    A war-weary people emerge from the rubble with tales of neighbor helping neighbor, regardless of ethnicity.
    By Laura Rozen June 16, 1999

  • A refugee's escape from hell

    With rumors of peace, Serbs are making a last-ditch attempt to change the ethnic mix inside Kosovo forever.
    By Laura Rozen June 2, 1999

  • Will Macedonia unravel?

    Imagine 26 million Cuban refugees on the shores of Miami, and you'll understand how NATO's mission in Kosovo has destabilized the region.
    By David Rieff May 5, 1999

  • Just "Before the Rain"

    War hits close to home for Macedonia's most celebrated filmmaker.
    By Laura Rozen May 5, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Kosovar refugees aren't like Palestinians; mommies worry because they like it.
    April 22, 1999

  • Lost On Earth

    Craig Seligman reviews 'Lost on Earth: Nomads of the New World' by Mark Fritz
    By Craig Seligman March 24, 1999

  • Newsreal: The graveyards of hope

    Why has it taken us so long to believe that the new "great hope" of Africa may have been responsible for terrible massacres?
    By Jonathan Broder December 11, 1997
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