refugee crisis
Hungary sentences Syrian migrant to five years’ jail for border riot
World
September 20, 2018
Hungary sentences Syrian migrant to five years’ jail for border riot
SZEGED, Hungary (Reuters) – A Hungarian court sentenced a Syrian-Cypriot man to five years in prison on Thursday for…
Germany: Syrian man beaten in attack
World
August 31, 2018
Germany: Syrian man beaten in attack
Chemnitz, Germany (CNN) – A few hundred protesters gathered Thursday evening for a nationalist rally in Chemnitz, just across the…
Libya and UN evacuate migrants trapped by Tripoli clashes
Middle East
August 30, 2018
Libya and UN evacuate migrants trapped by Tripoli clashes
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants have been relocated in Libya’s capital from government-run detention centers after getting trapped by…
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
Middle East
August 23, 2018
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s coast guard said it recovered the bodies of five migrants on Thursday whose boat sank as…
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
Middle East
August 1, 2018
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has agreed to accept a boat carrying around 40 African migrants stranded for two weeks off…
Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home
Middle East
March 6, 2018
Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home
Ibrahim Alhasbani is like generations of Middle Eastern immigrants in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn: he fled war, came with…
Four migrants reported injured in Italian shooting: media
World
February 3, 2018
Four migrants reported injured in Italian shooting: media
A man opened fire on passersby in the central Italian city of Macerata on Saturday, injuring at least four African…
Make Austria Great Again — the rapid rise of Sebastian Kurz
World
January 17, 2018
Make Austria Great Again — the rapid rise of Sebastian Kurz
Sebastian Kurz was sworn in in mid-December as Austria’s new, and at 31, youngest-ever chancellor, leading a nationalist government that…
Libyan coast guard rescues more than 250 migrants trying to reach Italy
Middle East
December 17, 2017
Libyan coast guard rescues more than 250 migrants trying to reach Italy
Libya’s coastal guard has rescued more than 250 illegal migrants trying to leave the North African country in small boats…
EU leaders clash over refugees
World
December 15, 2017
EU leaders clash over refugees
Two years after the Mediterranean migrant crisis blew a hole in the European Union, a tentative effort to patch up…