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Uden, Netherlands

Vluchtoord

The remnants of a refugee settlement for Belgians during WWI.
Buffalo, New York

Stitch Buffalo

A communal hub where threads of countless textile traditions intertwine.
Aurora, Colorado

Mango House

At this multicultural hub, refugee chefs serve the foods they miss most from home.
Berlin, Germany

Damaskus Konditorei

A Syrian family keeps memories of their homeland alive at this sweet shop.
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Quarantainestation Heijplaat (Heijplaat Quarantine Center)

A 20th-century naval quarantine center is now a local park.
Istanbul, Turkey

Buuzecedi

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.
Vatican City

'Angels Unawares'

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.
Berlin, Germany

Malakeh

After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.
Tags of Ernesto “Che” Guevara can be found all over the Smara refugee camp.
colonialism

Welcome to the Little Cuba of the Sahara Desert

The surprising story of how Spanish, baseball, and arroz cubano came to permeate some desert camps in Africa.
Andrea Prada Bianchi and Pesha Magid September 19, 2023
Skellefteå, Sweden

'Gzim och den frusna sjön' ('Gzim and the Frozen Lake')

A sculpture capturing the emotional moment when a refugee boy realizes he is about to be deported.
Nashville, Tennessee

The Horn

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.
The church-owned restaurant has both courtyard seating and indoor dining area.
restaurants

Inside the 'Pizza Church' of Amman

A restaurant tucked inside a house of worship trains Iraqi Christian refugees for jobs abroad.
Gabriel Davis and Matthew Petti March 3, 2023
A plate of samaki, or fried fish.
Detroit, Michigan

Baobab Fare

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.
Today, Félicité Niyitegeka is celebrated in Rwanda as a national hero, but her bravery is little known outside the country.
murder

How Félicité Niyitegeka Saved her Tutsi Neighbors from Genocide in Rwanda

"They are human beings, your brothers and sisters."
Elizabeth Svoboda March 4, 2022
Aseel and Salam Bunyan, Iraqi refugees and Boise business owners, inside their Mediterranean restaurant, Tarbush Kitchen.
restaurants

How Boise, Idaho, Became a Sanctuary for Refugees and Their Cuisine

Becoming a "Welcoming City" has been a boon to the region's restaurants.
Laura Kiniry March 12, 2021
Doverstorp Refugee Camp
Finspång NO, Sweden

Site of Doverstorp Refugee Camp

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.
The Vietnamese Commemorative Monument in Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

Vietnamese Commemorative Monument

A 1995 memorial acknowledges the tremendous contributions of Vietnamese refugees to Canada.
Chennai, India

Burma Bazaar

A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.