Rahaf and her family fleeing Homs, Syria to Germany.

Colombian displaced persons and Venezuela's middle class are fleeing to Miami.

Economic activity was spiraling downward, while nervous investors were fleeing southern European banks.

For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.

A good example is whether a storeowner may shoot looters who are escaping with his goods.

mejdmr The governor, Ould Bahia, the deputy governor and the police ran away after witnessing the one day workers anger when they occupied that governorate and state radio headquarters.

In 2007, the U.N. said that about 40 of Iraq's middle class is believed to have fled and that most are fleeing systematic persecution and have no desire to return.

Kazakhs escaping famine on foot in the early 1930s, when Kazakhstan was in the grip of a man made catastrophe that would claim millions of lives across the Soviet Union.

With an M 16 at his back, they forced him to stand in front of open windows as they hunted his fleeing neighbors, sniping directly beside him at virtually anything that moved.

LONDON There is something rotten about the European Union s debate on migration. The continent s political leaders, paralyzed by the rise of anti immigrant populism, are turning their backs on desperately vulnerable people fleeing war, human rights abuses, and economic collapse.

In a global world, what happens within one country can all too easily affect others. For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.