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Recent posts
- Suspending the Law to Build a Wall May 22, 2020
- Immigration Policy as Child Abuse May 19, 2020
- People Helping People: Relief for Immigrants May 17, 2020
- ICE Detention Death Sentences May 16, 2020
- Meatpacking and Moral Responsibility May 12, 2020
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Category Archives: Europe
Migrants still drowning, just in different waters
In April, cheery headlines assured us that stringent new EU limits on immigration, spelled out in a deal with Turkey, were already saving lives. That’s a lie. Apart from the other legal and logistical problems of this deal, tens of … Continue reading
April mourning in the Mediterranean —again
One year ago, I wrote “At least seven hundred people, maybe 900 or more, were on the 70-foot ship that sank in the Mediterranean on Sunday. Almost all of them died.” Last week, it happened again. Another boat packed with refugees … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Refugees, Syria
Tagged drowning, Greece, Mediterranean, Refugees, Syrian refugees, Turkey
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As France clears “the jungle,” refugees flee to even worse camps
French authorities cleared a Calais refugee camp called “the jungle” this week — and the refugees displaced from the squalid camp scattered to set up even less secure camps nearby. But what did the French government expect? The refugees in … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Europe, Refugees
Tagged "the jungle", Calais refugee camp, France, Refugees
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As borders close, refugee crisis in Europe escalates
This week, the already-terrible refugee crisis in Europe got worse, as Turkey and the E.U. reached an agreement that severely restricts refugee movement, and Balkan nations closed borders, leaving refugees stranded in makeshift camps.
Posted in Europe, Refugees, Syria
Tagged Afghani refugees, Balkan route, E.U. refugees, Greece, Iraqi refugees, Refugees, Syrian refugees, Turkey
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‘Death is our destiny’ — Syrian refugees
As U.S. attention focuses on ugly Republican debates, Syrians continue to die: some before they can escape the bombs, and others, after escaping, drowning in the Aegean Sea. Throughout the region, countries are overwhelmed with refugees. Jordan has 1.4 million … Continue reading
Fear and loathing and refugees in Europe
As refugees continue to enter European countries, they meet both hostility and welcome. Lately, the welcome seems to be wearing thin. And the international concern that met the photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi has faded away, with 2016 photos of … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Refugees
Tagged Europe, Finland, Germany, immigrants, Refugees, Sweden, Turkey, vigilantes
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