His Government Told Him to Stop — He Kept Writing Visas Anyway

His Government Told Him to Stop — He Kept Writing Visas Anyway

In the summer of 1940, hundreds of Jewish refugees gathered outside the Japanese consulate in Kaunas, Lithuania. Many had already escaped Nazi-occupied Poland, but the war was spreading, and they were running out of places to go. Inside the consulate was a Japanese diplomat named Chiune Sugihara. The people waiting outside needed his help to … Read more

He Arrived With No English. Then He Built a Company to Hire Refugees Like Him

He Arrived With No English. Then He Built a Company to Hire Refugees Like Him.

When Hedayat Osyan arrived in Australia in 2010, he had no family waiting for him, spoke very little English, and had no idea how he was going to build a life in his new country. He had fled Afghanistan as a teenager, leaving behind his mother and two younger siblings. After a dangerous journey that … Read more