Aylan Kurdi
Italian Authorities Work to Identify Drowned Migrant Infant Seen in Shocking Photo
The infant was pulled from the sea last Friday by rescuers after an overcrowded wooden fishing boat carrying more than 400 migrants capsized and sank off the Libyan coast.
Two Human Smugglers Are Going to Prison Over Drowned Syrian Toddler Alan Kurdi
A photograph taken of three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach went viral last year and became emblematic of the worldwide refugee crisis.
'Light at the End of the Tunnel:' Alan Kurdi's Family Has Arrived in Canada
“I want the world to remember that picture,” said Tima Kurdi, Alan's aunt. She is welcoming the boy's uncle and his family to Vancouver today.
People-Smugglers Could Face 35 Years in Prison Over Drowning of Syrian Toddler Aylan Kurdi
Turkish authorities indicted two Syrian men on Thurday for their role in smuggling refugees into Greece.
Scapegoating Refugees for the Paris Attacks Is for Idiots
The knee-jerk assumption that refugees are responsible for the terror in France is moronic and disturbing.
Here's What Europeans Are Doing to Help Refugees This Weekend
Across Europe, people are coming together for a day of action for refugees on Saturday.
‘What’s Enough?’: Pressure Builds to Bring More Syrian Refugees to Canada
Around 2,500 Syrian refugees are said to have resettled in Canada so far. That number is supposed to grow by 10,000 by 2017, with another 10,000 being admitted from Iraq and Syria by 2020. But groups are calling for urgent action now.
We Spoke to the Photographer Behind the Picture of the Drowned Syrian Boy
"What I saw has left a terrible impression that keeps me awake at night," says Nilüfer Demir.