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Refugees at levels not seen since WWII

by Nick Cumming-Bruce

Syrian children at a refugee camp in eastern Lebanon on June 19th. Photo: Bilal Hussein/Associated Press

In Central African Republic, they ran from home and slept under the trees. In Colombia, they dared not return to their villages. From Syria, they fled by the hundreds of thousands, escaping barrel bombs and summary executions.

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