The decision to put up the fence, along a 1.2 mile stretch next to the border crossing used by hundreds of thousands of migrants last year, has not yet been reached.
Reuters
Sep 20, 2016
The White House had pledged to admit at least 10,000 displaced Syrians during the current fiscal year, which wraps up at the end of September.
Reuters
Aug 30, 2016
Hungary’s right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has championed the idea of an EU army and urged Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, to begin talks on the controversial issue.
Cristina Silva
Aug 28, 2016
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the new barrier, to be built alongside the existing one, would strengthen defenses to respond if Turkey’s policy on migration changed.
Reuters
Aug 26, 2016
Refugee arrivals have again increased in Greece and thousands remain stuck in camps uncertain of their futures.
Lydia Tomkiw
Aug 17, 2016
Contrary to popular belief, statistics show that the refugee crisis has worsened in 2016.
Susmita Baral
Aug 10, 2016
With less than two months before the Sept. 30 deadline, the U.S. is quietly on its way to accepting 10,000 Syrian refugees.
Lydia Tomkiw
Aug 03, 2016
The mayor of the Spanish city inaugurated a large digital counter that tracks the number of refugees that have died while crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
Seerat Chabba
Jul 29, 2016
The world’s six richest countries account for at least 60 percent of the global economy but host less than 9 percent of refugees, an Oxfam report said Monday.
Mary Pascaline
Jul 18, 2016
At a United Nations meeting, the two countries looked to handle high levels of asylum seekers.
Clark Mindock
Jul 12, 2016
The people were picked up from 25 dinghies and one boat, all north of the Libyan coast.
Reuters
Jun 26, 2016
The world had 65.3 million displaced people in 2015 — almost 6 million more than at the end of 2014, the United Nations Refugee Agency said on World Refugee Day.
Himanshu Goenka
Jun 20, 2016
The humanitarian organization announced Friday that the move was in response to Europe’s “dangerous migration policies.”
Himanshu Goenka
Jun 17, 2016
The first two units of Project Elpis, which means "hope" in Greek, were built by Scottish students with help from a Greek solar tech company.
Reuters
Jun 16, 2016
Hansjörg Haber resigned less than a year after he was appointed over issues “having to do with Turkey” amid tensions over the EU-Turkey refugee deal.
Seerat Chabba
Jun 15, 2016
The U.N. expects 248,000 refugees and migrants to arrive in Europe via the Eastern Mediterranean this year, far lower than the “up to 1 million” it foresaw earlier.
Reuters
Jun 14, 2016
The U.N. human rights chief said “well-functioning migration governance systems” are needed to assess requests for international protections.
Clark Mindock
Jun 13, 2016
An ongoing meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg will discuss “efforts to establish an effective, humanitarian and safe European migration policy” Friday.
Himanshu Goenka
Jun 10, 2016
More than 35,000 children sought asylum in Sweden in 2015.
Jess McHugh
Jun 09, 2016
Medhanie Yehdego Mered is believed to be the head of a crime network that is responsible for bringing thousands of refugees and migrants from Africa to Europe.
Mary Pascaline
Jun 08, 2016
Escalating conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have contributed to the spike in asylum-seekers worldwide.
Jess McHugh
Jun 05, 2016
The boat, appearing to be a large fishing vessel and carrying a “significant number” of people, sank in the Mediterranean Sea on Friday.
Mary Pascaline
Jun 03, 2016