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President of India Honors FXB Fellow*

Photo courtesy of Satchit Balsari Dr. Satchit Balsari received a prestigious 2016 Dr B.C. Roy National Award from Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, at a ceremony in New Delhi on March 28, 2017. He was honored for outstanding services in the field…

Stories from Aleppo: Medical Workers under Siege

By Marge Dwyer The stories told by health workers from Syria were heartbreaking. They spoke of making desperate attempts to save people injured in a chemical attack on a hospital… of struggling to save people’s eyesight after they were hit in the…

Dr. Jumana Odeh Honored with 2017 World of Children Award

Congratulations to FXB fellow, Dr. Jumana Odeh, for her selection as one of four 2017 World of Children awardees. The award recognizes her for her long-standing work at the Palestinian Happy Child Centre in Ramallah with children who have developmental…

Why the Australia-US Deal? Unwanted, Stranded Refugees

Asylum Seekers on Nauru, Picture from Aotearoa Independent Media Centre By Alexandra Lancaster Undocumented migrants who embark on the perilous journey by sea to Australia in search of asylum are taken to detention centers offshore on Manus Island…
Men standing on top of building with signs adking for help

A Chilling Environment: Icy Conditions Threaten Migrants' Health

Refugee Tent at Moria Camp, Lesvos, sent by refugee to Voice of America By Vasileia Digidiki and Jacqueline Bhabha Struggling to manage Europe’s worst humanitarian crisis in recent history, with hundreds of thousands of migrants in legal limbo in…
tent covered in snow

Who Will Act on Behalf of the Rohingya People of Myanmar?

Rohingya in a New Delhi Refugee Camp,Courtesy of Syed Saad Mahmood By Arlan Fuller Over the past three months, the Myanmar military has led a violent campaign targeting the Rohingya people in Rakhine State and currently shows no signs of relenting.…