Refugee Foster Care Program offers a new life to Burmese who escape the violent crisis in Southeast Asia.<br> Mike and Stephanie Santarosa can’t imagine life without Rohim, their 14-year-old Rohingya ...

SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh – Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil drum. The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim, and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in Myanmar ...

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In this Nov. 4, 2017, file photo, Rohingya Muslim Abdul Karim, 19, uses a yellow plastic oil container as a flotation device as he swims the Naf river while crossing the Myanmar-Bangladesh border in ...

Myanmar’s security forces are forcibly arresting and disappearing thousands of people, especially boys and young men, in an attempt to break the ongoing outcry following the military coup in February.

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand, June 22 (UNHCR) - Born without the use of his legs, 15-year-old Tway Tway has always had a passion for education. "I can't use my physical energy," the refugee boy ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Myanmar’s security forces moved in, and the street lamps went black. In house after house, people shut off their lights. Huddled inside her home in Yangon, 19-year-old Shwe dared ...

The police shooting of a 13-year-old Myanmar boy has sparked outrage in Utica, New York, where refugees make up 25% of the population. The city has been welcoming immigrants fleeing oppressive regimes ...

Lesley Holden and son find cultural curiosities are more than enough to keep young minds occupied. 'Why is Burma called Myanmar?" asks my 10-year-old as he points to a Myanmar Beer sticker on the door ...

SHAH PORIR DWIP, Bangladesh (AP) — Nabi Hussain owes his life to a yellow plastic oil drum. The 13-year-old Rohingya boy couldn't swim, and had never even seen the sea before fleeing his village in ...