Syrian refugees' human rights struggle - and ours.

• Author: Etter, Daniel
• Position: Brief article

Human Rights Watch has been on the ground, speaking with Syrian refugees as they flee through Europe. We advocate for governments to ensure that all migrants are treated with dignity. "This is a political challenge, requiring political leadership in response--not a question of capacity to absorb the recent immigrants," Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth says.

Mohammed, age thirty-one, his wife, and their three children fled from Damascus after the Syrian army stepped up its efforts to conscript fighting-age men. He said he is frightened to cross into Hungary from Serbia, fearing fingerprinting and detention by authorities.

Hungarian police patrol the border in Roszke, Hungary. The Hungarian government put up the razor-wire fence...