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Refugee crisis

Samira Surfs

Take a closer look at “Samira Surfs,” a contemporary children’s book by Rukhsanna Guidroz

11-year-old Samira’s life is made up of befores and afters. Before the violence and persecution that consumed her village, Samira had a life in Burma. After fleeing her country on a perilous river, she lost her friends to distance and her Nana and Nani to the water. Hurled into

Protests on Greek islands amid refugee crisis

Protests on Greek islands amid refugee crisis

Thousands of protestors took to the streets on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and Samos in response to the country’s ongoing refugee situation. The protests come as migrant numbers on the islands continue to rise. At Moria, the largest migrant center on Lesbos, some 19,000 asylum seekers