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February 18, 2016 Witness

Safe, Yes, and Waiting for What’s Next

Hassan fled Damascus and after arriving in Berlin began volunteering at a refugee center, handing out clothes, food and baby carriages.

February 17, 2016 Commentary

Eroding Human Rights in Australian Foreign Policy, One Asylum Seeker at a Time

Lorengau transit center, Manus Island, Papua New Guinea, which currently houses 40 refugees

February 16, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: What Bulgaria’s “Respect” for Refugees Really Looks Like

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February 14, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Submission on Gender Equality to the Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

February 12, 2016 Commentary

The Right Plan—and the Wrong One—to Address the Refugee Crisis

A group of children among hundreds of asylum seekers and migrants staying in freezing conditions at a gas station near the Greek border with Macedonia. January 29, 2016.

February 11, 2016 Report

Greece/Macedonia: Asylum Seekers Trapped at Border

Blocked Access to Asylum; Beatings by Soldiers; Poor Conditions

Two young Iranian sisters at the Idomeni border crossing between Greece and Macedonia. The border crossing is closed to all except those from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan who intend to seek asylum in Germany or Austria, stranding other asylum seekers and

February 10, 2016 News Release

Turkey: Let Stranded Syrians Seek Protection

45,000 Caught Between Aleppo Fighting and Border

Syrians arrive at a camp for internally displaced persons on the outskirts of Azaz town, 5 kilometers south of Bab al-Salam and Turkey’s closed Öncüpınar border post on February 6, 2016.

February 10, 2016 Commentary

Australia Drawing the Wrong Lines on Asylum Seekers

February 8, 2016 Commentary

Fear and Loathing of Refugees in Europe

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.

February 4, 2016 News Release

Syria: New Agenda on Refugee Aid

Funding, of Course, but Also Host Country Reforms

Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.

February 3, 2016 News Release

Norway/Russia: Don’t Jeopardize Asylum Seekers

Fast-Track Returns Put Refugees at Risk

Refugees and migrants gather near a checkpoint on the Russian-Norwegian border in Murmansk region, Russia on October 30, 2015.

February 1, 2016 Commentary

A way for Europe to remove chaos from the migration crisis

Asylum seekers and migrants descend from a large fishing vessel used to transport them from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos. October 11, 2015.

January 29, 2016 Letter

Letter and memorandum to donors attending the “Supporting Syria and the Region” conference

January 29, 2016 Commentary

Turkey Alone Can’t Solve Europe’s Refugee Crisis

January 28, 2016 News Release

EU/Greece: Share Responsibility for Asylum Seekers

End Political Squabbling, Focus on Rights

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