A decade after the refugee crisis that shook Europe, a Syrian family becomes German

A decade after 1 million migrants arrived in Germany from war-torn countries like Syria, Iran and Afghanistan, the country ...

Arrest of Syrian in Berlin signals European push to prosecute Assad-linked 'refugees'

He is accused of committing murder, torture and illegally detaining civilians during the years-long uprising in the Syrian ...

What’s behind Europe’s sharp drop in illegal migration?

European countries are “going to hell” because “illegal aliens are pouring in”, Donald Trump told the UN last week. But, in ...

Migrant crisis: How Europe went from Merkel's 'We can do it' to pulling up the drawbridge

Now, there are numerous well documented cases of asylum seekers being pushed back across EU borders by police and coast ...
The Economist

Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration

Yet the latest data show the opposite. In the first eight months of this year 112,000 people crossed illegally into Europe, ...

UK to scrap right of refugees to seek permanent residency after 5 years

Refugees in Britain will no longer be entitled to apply for permanent residency after five years or gain an automatic right ...
The Week

UNHCR says US and European governments increasingly undermine global refugee convention

The UN refugee agency said Wednesday that governments around the world, especially that of the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Greece’s expansive refugee deportation law tests limits of rights in EU

Rights groups say Greece is acting as Brussels’ bellwether for measures that aren’t always legal, moral, implementable.
WRAL

Syrian refugees across Europe celebrated Assad’s collapse. But an angry migration debate is brewing

London (CNN) — “I’ve been thinking in the past few years: Will I die away from my country?” Abdulaziz Almashi said, reciting the question that he and millions of displaced Syrians have asked ...
UNHCR

Protecting refugees in Europe and beyond: Can the EU rise to the challenge?

If Europe does not rise to the challenge of collectively managing mixed flows of refugees and migrants, through both external engagement and internal measures, this will almost certainly lead to more ...

UNHCR says that US and European governments increasingly undermine the global refugee convention

The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world, especially that of the United States and countries in Europe, are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum ...
UNHCR

Protecting refugees in Europe and beyond: Can the EU rise to the challenge?

A year has passed since the peak of what has been called – though I am not sure the terminology is correct – the “European refugee crisis”. A year in which this “crisis” has become a significant ...