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In these extraordinary times, the world needs courageous leadership. That is what the ̽����ѡ was founded to provide. Our first employee, Varian Fry, issued fake passports from a safe house in Nazi-occupied Marseille to help people escape persecution during WWII.

This month, the ̽����ѡ's crisis news roundup looks at record-low refugee admissions in the U.S., the thousands of people fleeing Venezuela, and the difficulties stopping the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic Congo.

This month, the ̽����ѡ's crisis news roundup looks at the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration's asylum agreement with Guatemala and Colombia's recent pro-refugee measure to grant citizenship to Venezuelan children born in the country.

Actor and activist Mandy Patinkin recently witnessed first­hand the refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Alongside ̽����ѡ aid workers in Greece, he met families who had fled Syria and other war­torn countries in hopes of finding a better life for their children in Europe. “Standing with them, I did not see strangers to be feared but the faces and stories of my own family.

Meet Mustapha and his wife Safaa, who risked their lives in hope of finding safety for their young children in Europe. The family of four fled from the war­ravaged city of Aleppo to Turkey and then took the dangerous boat journey to the Greek island of Lesbos. Mustafa is aware of the backlash against refugees that has engulfed Europe since the Nov.

This month, the ̽����ѡ's crisis news roundup looks at the looming famine threatening millions in war-torn Yemen, an asylum ban that could harm families in the caravan fleeing Central America, and the reasons why now is not the right time to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.