Opinion
It is rare that refugees are welcomed with open arms.
Oct. 5, 2015
World & Nation
The architects of the European Union set out decades ago to create an alliance free of national obstacles to the movement of people and the products of their labor.
Sept. 2, 2015
In the human tide of Arabs, Asians and Africans seeking refuge from war and poverty in Europe — it’s often the children that suffer the most.
Sept. 7, 2015
In the space of two months, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone from being portrayed as the heartless villain in Europe’s debt crisis to the heroine of those flooding in to find refuge on the continent.
Sept. 13, 2015
Of the 2.2 million people who fled their countries and sought refuge in Europe during 2015 and 2016, about half were still awaiting final decisions on their asylum applications at the end of December, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.
Sept. 20, 2017
Australia will nearly double its humanitarian refuge quota to take in another 12,000 Syrians and Iraqis this year, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Wednesday in a major policy shift.
Sept. 9, 2015
The European Union is in a healthier economic state than it’s been for more than a decade and is ready to move on from Brexit, the bloc’s top official said Wednesday.
Sept. 13, 2017
Most of the Syrians we see on the nightly news and on newspaper front pages are not fleeing war-torn Syria.
Authorities across Europe struggled to impose some order Monday on the rivers of migrants flowing into and across the continent as political leaders staked out sharply differing positions at the start of a key week of talks to resolve the crisis.
Sept. 21, 2015