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HARI SREENIVASAN: But first: The Greek government has begun a pilot program to educate refugee children stranded in the country, because nations along the migrant trail to Northern Europe have closed their borders. It is estimated there are more than

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More than 30 million people were displaced within their own countries last year. That number comes from a new report by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the Norwegian Refugee Council. The two groups blame criminal violence and natural

2017 Sets a New Record for Refugees

The United Nations refugee agency reported Tuesday that nearly 69 million people were displaced last year. Each of the last five years has set a record. This years number tops all of them. The U.N. estimates that about 44,000 people become refugees e

Disease Spreading Among Rohingya at Refugee Camp

Unclean water, crowded shelters and dirty conditions create a perfect environment at the Balukhali refugee camp for spread of preventable diseases. The camp is in Coxs Bazaar, a town in southeastern Bangladesh. It is home to some of the estimated 650

Refugee Artists Seek to Give Back to Community

Refugees carry few material goods with them when they flee war, violence or persecution in the homelands. But they do bring skills to their new countries. An exhibit in the United States shows that sometimes these skills are artistic. The Sandy Sprin

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AS IT IS 2015-09-15 A Story of Refugees Arriving in Greece 难民抵达希腊的故事 The following story is based on a web blog from VOAs Heather Murdock in Greece. The first picture message was sent on social media at 3:51 in the morning. It appea

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AS IT IS 2016-08-15 Lifelong Refugee Finds a Place to Call Home 终身难民找到了一个叫做家的地方 The United Nations estimates that more than 45 million people worldwide are refugees. For most of his life, Awadh Alsrya was a refugee. He w

肯尼亚将关闭世界最大难民营

AS IT IS 2016-05-17 Kenya to Close Worlds Largest Refugee Camp 肯尼亚将关闭世界最大难民营 Kenya is planning to close the worlds largest refugee camp, which it says poses a security threat that could lead to terrorist attacks. An estimate

土耳其遣返难民回到叙利亚

AS IT IS 2016-04-04 Claim: Turkey Sending Refugees Back to Syria 土耳其遣返难民回到叙利亚 Amnesty International says Turkey has been forcing about 100 refugees back to Syria every day since January. The rights group recently released a re

VOA慢速英语--新的土地，新的习俗

New Land, New Customs 新的土地，新的习俗 As refugees and migrants flood Europe, Finland is teaching its new arrivals about appropriate behavior. Over 1 million migrants arrived in Europe in 2015. Most were fleeing struggling economies and wa

休斯顿难民庆祝重获新生

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中非共和国难民赞扬总统选举

中非共和国难民赞扬总统选举 After years of unrest, the Central African Republic recently observed peaceful elections. Now, two candidates and former prime ministers, Anicet Dologuele and Faustin Touadera, head to a runoff at the end of th

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At the beginning of this year, Angela Merkelhad a good claim to be the mostsuccessful politician in the world. The German chancellor had won threesuccessive election victories. She was the dominant political figure in Europeand hugely popular at home

词汇大师--What Do 'Refugee

AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on Wordmaster: closing the dictionary on some words of 2005. RS: Grant Barrett is project editor of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang at Oxford University Press. We talked to him last

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132 阿富汗难民处境日益艰险 Afghan Refugees Face Increasing Hostility Lisa Schlein Geneva 10 Jul 2001 16:52 UTC There are at least four-million 1)refugees from Afghanistan spread out around

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Jackie Chan is a true action movie great. He has appeared in dozens of movies and is a screen legend. He had a simple beginning as a Chinese refugee in Hong Kong. His early yearswere, perhaps, a sign of things to come. His parents nicknamed him Pao-P

联合国儿童基金会:逃亡欧洲难民儿童持续增多

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欧盟土耳其合作应对难民危机

BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- European Council President Donald Tusk on Monday met with visiting President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, calling for closer cooperation on coping with refugee crisis. The situation where hundreds of thousands of peopl