Here’s another round-up of what we’ve been reading and watching, from in the news and around the web.

The Washington Post published an article recounting five correspondents’ stories about what it’s like to cover the refugee crisis. One reported that the most important thing to remember on World Refugee Day, told to him by a Syrian family he was interviewing on their way to Austria, was that “Refugees are creatures of circumstance, not of choice.”

Also for World Refugee Day on June 20, Human Rights First co-sponsored a rally  in honor of those who have been forced to flee their homes. Our very own Scott Cooper gave a speech, while others led the crowd in chants and offered prayers.

Although President Trump’s “travel ban” was introduced in March, it has yet to be implemented following holds from both the Fourth and Ninth U.S. Courts of Appeals. The Supreme Court is now faced with deciding whether they want to hear the case, but they are on a time crunch before their recess for the summer on June 26.

According to Vox, the court has four options: the Justices could decide not to hear the case at all and the lower-court rulings would stand, the Court could allow the ban to go into effect until it hears the case in the fall, the court could leave the lower-court rulings in place until it hears the case in the fall, or the Justices could delay their summer recess to hear the case. The Justices met on Thursday to vote on the future of the case but have yet to release their decision.

The New York Times reported on the mass displacement of people in the last year, highlighting the annual report issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). UNHCR’s findings say Syria accounts for the largest number of displaced people from any one country—around 12 million. Syria is one of the countries banned in President Trump’s executive order.

The New York Times also published an article about Radwan Ziadeh, a Syrian human rights activist who was denied political asylum in the United States even though he has been living in the country for the past ten years with his wife, and children who are citizens. Mr. Ziadeh has outspokenly opposed the Syrian regime under Bashar al-Assad, and has received fellowships at Harvard, Georgetown, and the United States Institute of Peace, as he is considered a prominent political opponent of Assad. The denial of his request came down from Citizenship and Immigration Services, who sat that although he has a claim for asylum because of the persecution he faced in Syria for his political beliefs, his engagement with Syrian opposition forces prevent him from getting asylum in the U.S.

Besides restricting travel to the United States from six Muslim-majority countries, President Trump’s travel ban includes a significant reduction in refugee admissions. Georgette F. Bennett, the founder of Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees, argues that this reduction is detrimental to both the nation’s security and economic interests, as well as against historic commitments. The executive order also violates the Immigration and Nationality Act by altering the refugee cap before meeting with the Judiciary Committees of both houses.