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Migrant Crisis
Military to Spend a Month Painting a Mile of Wall Because It Isn’t Pretty Enough An unspecified number of military members will reportedly spend a month painting a mile of the border wall to improve its “aesthetic appearance.”
By Matt Stieb
migrant crisis
June 5, 2019
Trump Administration Cuts Education, Recreation Access for Detained Migrant Kids The Trump administration announced it will no longer pay for English lessons, legal aid, and soccer-field access at child-migrant shelters.
By Matt Stieb
We Owe Central American Migrants Much More Than This Migrant families are not bringing crime and instability to our country — but the United States once brought such conditions to theirs.
By Eric Levitz
migrant crisis
Feb. 26, 2017
Migrants Faced More Than 3,500 Attacks in Germany Last Year: Report Germany’s immigrant population has become the target of a growing number of hate crimes.
By Chas Danner
international affairs
Feb. 19, 2017
Sweden Confused After Trump Cites Nonexistent Terrorist Incident Trump’s fake Swedish news reflects a misleading right-wing narrative about refugee-perpetrated crime.
By Chas Danner
Officials Will Demolish the ‘Jungle,’ France’s Massive Migrant Camp in Calais They will be clearing the settlement of refugees and migrants over the next few days.
By Jen Kirby
The Obama Administration’s $1 Billion Giveaway to the Private Prison Industry The administration paid $1 billion to build a detention center for migrant women and children that it barely uses.
By Eric Levitz
scary things
July 19, 2016
ISIS Claims to Be Behind Ax Attack on German Train A 17-year-old Afghan migrant wounded five before being shot and killed by police.
By Jen Kirby
How Europe Can Alleviate Its Migrant Crisis — and Save Itself The continent’s economy is growing slowly, and thousands are still landing on its shores — or dying in the attempt.
By Annie Lowrey
today in donald trump
May 15, 2016
Trump Has ‘No Doubt’ Refugees Will Stage a 9/11-Scale Attack in U.S. Because he can’t believe they have cell phones, so their monthly bills must be getting paid by ISIS.
By Chas Danner
migrant crisis
Apr. 4, 2016
Greece Started Sending Migrants Back to Turkey As part of the EU-Turkey deal reached last month.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Mar. 4, 2016
Smugglers Jailed Over Syrian Refugee Deaths The two men were also charged in the deaths of four other refugees.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Feb. 29, 2016
By Jen Kirby
Germany May Be Reneging on Its Refugee Welcome Chancellor Angela Merkel reminds asylum-seekers their stay is “temporary.”
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Jan. 22, 2016
Dozens of Migrants Drown Near Greece The latest news about the migrant crisis.
By Jaime Fuller
German City Bans Asylum-Seekers From Public Pool The ban will remain in place until “the message has come across.”
By Claire Landsbaum
islamic state watch
Jan. 13, 2016
Syrian Refugee Carried Out ISIS-Linked Suicide Attack in Turkey The suicide bomber had allegedly been fingerprinted a week earlier and raised no suspicions with authorities.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Jan. 11, 2016
Germany to Release More Info on Assaults Meanwhile, Chancellor Angela Merkel canceled trips abroad in order to deal with the unfurling mess.
By Jaime Fuller
At Least 34 Dead Refugees Found on Turkish Coast An update on what’s happening around the world with migrants and Syrian refugees.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Dec. 20, 2015
Nearly One Million Migrants Have Fled to Europe This Year The global refugee population has also surged to its highest level in more than two decades.
By Chas Danner
oh congress!
Nov. 19, 2015
GOP Battles Syrian Refugee Threat With Vague, Redundant New Restrictions Meanwhile, a bipartisan Senate bill would address the far more concerning visa-waiver program.
By Margaret Hartmann
migrant crisis
Nov. 18, 2015
Boats Keep Arriving in Greece As the World Wonders What to Do With Refugees While some countries still plan on welcoming thousands of migrants, other states have changed their minds.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Nov. 18, 2015
Obama Blasts Republicans for Being Afraid of Syrian ‘Widows and Orphans’ He said of their rhetoric, “I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL.”
By Margaret Hartmann
paris attacks
Nov. 16, 2015
Putin, Peace, and Diplomatic Cats: What Happened at the G20 Summit Obama thinks the ISIS strategy is working. François Hollande — and many others — think more is necessary.
By Jaime Fuller
18 Drown Off Turkey As EU Leaders Meet And Slovenia starts building its razor-wire fence.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Nov. 5, 2015
Europe Braces for Millions More Refugee Arrivals Experts are predicting up to 3 million arrivals by the end of 2016.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Oct. 30, 2015
At Least 22 Dead After More Shipwrecks Near Greece Nearly 50 migrants have died in the past three days.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Oct. 28, 2015
Austria Is Now Building a Fence to Help Deal With Migrant Crisis Officials say it’s not to stop people from crossing, but to help reduce some of the chaos at the borders.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Oct. 21, 2015
Slovenia Is the Latest Migrant-Crisis Zone Since Saturday, nearly 20,000 people have crossed into Slovenia from Croatia.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Oct. 17, 2015
Refugees Diverted After Hungary Closes Border with Croatia Orban doubles down on opposition to Muslim migrants, says Islam “never part of Europe.”
By Jonah Shepp
Russia Continues to Frustrate Everyone (Except Assad) in Syria Vladimir Putin seems determined to make everything much more complicated in the Middle East.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Sept. 29, 2015
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Sept. 23, 2015
The U.S. Will Accept More Refugees, But That Won’t Help Many Syrians For most people displaced by the Syrian civil war, America’s response is too little, too late.
By Chas Danner
With Some Opposition, European Leaders Establish Refugee Quotas Over the opposition of Hungary and three other Eastern European countries.
By Jen Kirby
Croatia Overwhelmed by Thousands of Migrants The European Union’s muddled response to the crisis is now on full display.
By Jen Kirby
Police and Migrants Clash As Hungary Cracks Down on Border Crossings Hungary has arrested more than 500 people for attempting to get past its fence.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Sept. 13, 2015
Germany to Close Its Borders to Migrants Overwhelmed with tens of thousands of new arrivals, the country has invoked emergency powers to stem the tide.
By Chas Danner
United States Will Accept 10,000 Syrian Refugees After Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. would increase the total number of refugees to 75,000.
By Jen Kirby
migrant crisis
Sept. 9, 2015
John Kerry Heads to Capitol Hill to Talk About the Migrant Crisis The White House says it is considering a “range of approaches” when it comes to refugees from Syria.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Sept. 8, 2015
Germany Willing to Welcome 500,000 Refugees Annually for the Next Few Years Meanwhile, plenty of countries are still hesitant to invite any migrants in.
By Jaime Fuller
migrant crisis
Sept. 6, 2015
Thousands More Migrants Reach Germany And with German officials worrying about resources and space, Austria says it will soon reinstitute restrictions on further migration.
By Chas Danner
migrant crisis
Sept. 5, 2015
Thousands of Migrants Allowed Into Austria and Germany This weekend, at least 10,000 desperate refugees are expected to cross the Hungarian border into Western Europe.
By Chas Danner
migrant crisis
Sept. 4, 2015
Europe Remains Conflicted About How to Fix the Migrant Crisis Meanwhile, thousands of migrants wait, wondering whether they will even reach safety.
By Jaime Fuller
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