Category Archives: Europe

Migrants still drowning, just in different waters

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Mary Turck

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 →

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April mourning in the Mediterranean —again

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Mary Turck

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 →

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As France clears “the jungle,” refugees flee to even worse camps

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Mary Turck

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 →

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As borders close, refugee crisis in Europe escalates

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Mary Turck

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.

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‘Death is our destiny’ — Syrian refugees

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Mary Turck

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 →

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Fear and loathing and refugees in Europe

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Mary Turck

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 →

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