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The broken road to Damascus
In 2008 aspiring Kiwi journalist Simon Day visited Syria as a tourist. Today he works for World Vision, which is working inside Syria and with refugees. He wrote this piece to mark the fifth anniversary of the civil war in Syria.
A voice for those without
New Zealanders first got to know journalist Rachel Smalley from her lively work in television and radio.
Children become pawns in struggle
Rachel Smalley comes face to face with the grim reality of life as a refugee in Turkey as she witnesses how families try to rebuild their lives.
Kindness goes a long way
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians are dead, millions are displaced or living as refugees, and 13.5 million people are relying on aid just to sustain their lives.
Crisis weighs heaviest on the littlest
Rachel Smalley meets a couple of children affected differently by the ordeal but with equally unclear futures.
Rally to call for more refugees in NZ
A rally calling for the Government to welcome significantly more refugees to New Zealand will be held in Auckland's Aotea Square tomorrow.
Children's dreams the casualties of war
Every parent does it. I know I do. We have great hopes for our children.
We've seen this before
OPINION: The brutality and terror Rachel Smalley has witnessed on the borders of Hungary and Serbia will never leave her.
Persecuted Afghans join flood of people
Hazara family tell Rachel Smalley they are in Serbia to escape the resurgent Taliban in their home country.
Forgotten Millions: Children's dreams the casualties of war
Every parent does it. I know I do. We have great hopes for our children. It's the one thing that unites all parents around the world and we all want the same thing. We want our children to grow up knowing they are deeply loved, are safe, healthy and living fulfilled lives. We'll sacrifice a lot, including our own quality of life, aspirations and security to make those dreams possible. It's what parents do...
Forgotten Millions: A harrowing journey
Rachel Smalley reports about a couple's 2000km trip over land and sea with handicapped twins getting closer to their goal: 'To live respectful lives'.
Forgotten Millions: Persecuted Afghans join flood of people
I'm walking with two Serbian doctors in a makeshift refugee camp in central Belgrade. Syrian families have stopped here for the day to shelter from the rain. Groups of refugees huddle together in two-man tents, and three little boys are burning plastic in a drum to warm their hands...
Forgotten Millions: Lost brother
"My brother, my brother, he has gone! The police caught my brother." Roshdi said they had tried to avoid the transit camp and the Hungarian police when they crossed the border, and had waded through a river. Like many refugees, they feared being fingerprinted in Hungary; a country that is neither welcoming to refugees, nor empathetic to their plight. They wanted their asylum application to be processed in Germany or Austria.
Forgotten Millions: A mother's harrowing journey
On the side of the road, about 3km from the Serbia-Hungary border, two little boys catch my eye. One sits awkwardly under a tree on a square of yellow plastic sheeting. His twin brother stands with difficulty beside him and then his legs buckle and he slumps to the ground.
Forgotten Millions: Railway line to an unknown future
Don't go. It is illegal for you to go," the Serbian police tell us. "You are not refugees." We are standing beside an abandoned railway line in Kanjize, a small village on the Serbia-Hungary border. It's been years since a train rumbled through this town but in the past month the tracks have become a symbolic, well-worn path for thousands of refugees trekking to Europe in search of a better life.
Line to unknown future
Don't go. It is illegal for you to go," the Serbian police tell us. "You are not refugees."
The Forgotten Millions: The human toll
The Forgotten Millions Campaign travels to the epicentre of the refugee crisis in Europe. Today, we reveal the human toll of the crisis.
Border anxiety as refugees face unknown
Just a few kilometres from the Serbian-Hungarian border, a large group of refugees has gathered beneath a small copse of trees, sheltering themselves and their few bags of luggage from the rain.
Forgotten Millions: Waves of refugees continue toward Hungarian border
Thousands of refugees are trying to get to Budapest.
Forgotten Millions: Refugees try to get on buses to Hungary
Refugees in Serbia climb on to buses in hopes of reaching the Hungary border.
The Forgotten Millions: Search for peace drives brothers
Two Iraqi brothers who have reached Serbia talk to Rachel Smalley about what drives them.
The Forgotten Millions: Helping hand for new lives
Volunteer tells Simon Collins working with refugees has taught her tolerance.
Refugee crisis: Why I can't just stand by and watch
My role, as a journalist, should be to act as a witness; to report on the situation as a bystander and then leave it as I found it, but an incident in 2013 changed my perspective, writes Rachel Smalley.
Fear and joy on arrival in new country
'Thank you in the name of all the refugees," is the first thing the Syrian father-of-three says to us at the Mangere refugee resettlement centre.
The Forgotten Millions: The long and grinding road to freedom
For millions of Syrians and other people displaced by conflict in their home countries, the Western Balkan Route can be a road towards refuge in Europe.
Coast should take 200 refugees - MP
The West Coast should be offering to take 200 Syrian refugees, says West Coast-Tasman MP, Damien O'Connor.