Watch: Syrian refugees tell their stories (Amanda Waldron, Brookings)

For nearly five years, the brutal civil war in Syria has raged on, forcing around 4.6 million Syrian refugees (roughly the population of Louisiana) to resettle in countries all across the world. In recent months, the question of whether to allow more Syrian refugees into the U.S. has collided with ongoing national debates about immigration and terrorism—usually without policymakers or the media ever hearing from Syrian refugees themselves.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/brookings-now/posts/2016/03/watch-syrian-refugees-tell-their-stories