Refugees September 25, 2016 'Unacceptable': French president vows to shutter squalid refugee camp French President Francois Hollande on Saturday confirmed plans to close the squalid Calais migrant camp known as "the Jungle," saying he hopes authorities can relocate as many as 9,000 migrants to reception centers across France in the coming weeks.
Refugees September 21, 2016 Packed refugee boat capsizes off Egypt, killing dozens A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people, Egyptian authorities said.
Refugees September 20, 2016 A call to action on World Refugee Day As the school year kicks off many American kids are seeing their global counterparts (via the news or social media) — hungry, alone and scared — in countries like Syria, Central America, Africa and elsewhere.
Refugees September 15, 2016 Far-right group, asylum-seekers fight in German town Dozens of police officers intervened as groups of far-right Germans and young asylum seekers clashed in an eastern German town that has previously seen racist incidents, officials said Thursday.
Refugees September 7, 2016 Merkel: Migrant situation in Germany 'many times better,' but more work to do German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the country has made many strides in the past year in dealing with the hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived in 2015, but that there is still much to do.
Refugees September 4, 2016 Europe close to its 'limits' on accepting refugees, EU president warns Time could be running out for waves of refugees to enter Europe, the president of the European Union warned on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit on Sunday.
Refugees August 31, 2016 Premature twins rescued from boat after starting refugee voyage days after birth Two Eritrean baby boys were recovering well at a hospital in Palermo on Wednesday, a week after they were born prematurely in Libya and then -- at only 5 days old -- put on a cramped boat headed to Europe's shores.
Refugees August 29, 2016 US will meet target of 10,000 Syrian refugees today The White House says the United States on Monday will meet President Barack Obama's goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees during the current fiscal year.
Refugees August 23, 2016 EU boss: 'Borders are the worst invention ever made by politicians' European Union chief Jean Claude Juncker has branded borders the “worst invention ever” in an astonishing blast.
Refugees August 16, 2016 Nine Iraqi refugees arrested in Austria New Year's Day rape Austrian authorities have arrested nine Iraqi men on suspicion of rape for an attack on a German tourist in Vienna on New Year's Day, police said Monday.
Refugees August 14, 2016 Fire breaks out at refugee center in Germany German authorities say 16 asylum seekers suffered from smoke inhalation after a fire broke out at a container housing facility in the central city of Kassel.