professor university maria cristina garcia teaches a class about the united states refugee policy sinceorld war ii. she discusses who qualifies as a refugee and how that has changed over the years, as well as legislation governing quota and procedures. her class is about one hour. ms. garcia: hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to europe at this very moment. can anyone tell me from what countries they are fleeing? leighton. ok, syria. any other countries? sarah. russia. any other countries? thank you.

professor university maria cristina garcia teaches a class about the united states refugee policy since world war ii. she discusses who qualifies as a refugee and how that has changed over the years, as well as legislation governing quota and procedures. her class is about one hour. ms. garcia: hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing to europe at this very moment. can anyone tell me from what countries they are fleeing? leighton. ok, syria. any other countries? sarah. russia. any other countries? thank you. they are traveling to find refuge in europe. this map is an idea of the route and businesses -- distances they are traveling to reach safety. some are traveling alone, others are traveling as part of family units. some are traveling in search of economic opportunity, others are literally fleeing for their lives to escape war, devastation, rape, and forced inscription into armies. -- conscription into armies. the vast majority are syrian. can anyone tell me why the syrians are fleeing? albert. civil war, absolutely. would anyone else like to talk? meredith. [indiscernible] >> peop