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January 30, 2020

Greece offering half-million dollar contract to build 'floating sea wall' to stop migrants from Turkey

Greece announced a plan Thursday to install a “floating wall” in the Aegean Sea to help curb the flow of migrants arriving on its islands’ shores from Turkey, according to reports.

January 2, 2020

Palestinian boy found hidden in shopping cart at Spanish border crossing, Moroccan couple arrested

A 10-year-old Palestinian boy was discovered hidden inside a shopping cart under bags of fruits of vegetables while a couple was attempting to get him into Spain from Morocco, according to officials. 

December 8, 2019

African migrants heading to US-Mexico border in record numbers in 2019

The numbers of African migrants heading to the U.S. through its border with Mexico have more than doubled in the past year, recent data from the federal government showed.

November 14, 2019

Manus Island refugee who wrote book via WhatsApp leaves detention center after six years

A Kurdish Iranian refugee who wrote an award-winning book via WhatsApp from inside the offshore Australian detention center where he'd been marooned for six years, finally left the island this week, vowing to "never go back."

November 6, 2019

Suspect in Jordan stabbing spree that injured 8 identified as refugee camp resident who 'became religious'

The attacker alleged to have stabbed eight people Wednesday at a popular tourist site in Jordan has been identified as a Palestinian man who his family says suddenly “became religious in a very extreme way."

November 4, 2019

Greek authorities discover 41 migrants in refrigerated truck, mostly Afghans

Dozens of men and boys were found hiding in a refrigerated truck along a highway in northern Greece on Monday, according to officials, the discovery coming fewer than two weeks since international alarm bells were raised surrounding human trafficking after 39 migrants were found dead in the back of a truck in Britain.

October 13, 2019

Jim Hanson: To halt fighting between Turkey and Kurds in Syria and prevent return of ISIS, US must do THIS

Trump is right to oppose endless wars, but we must not cede the battlefield in Syria to our enemies and let ISIS create a new caliphate.

September 30, 2019

Migrants set fire to Greek refugee camp; at least one is killed, authorities say

Migrants crammed into an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos Sunday set fires that killed at least one person and clashed with police, according to authorities.

September 15, 2019

'Deplorable' graffiti found at European Union's Israel mission sparks condemnation

The European Union’s diplomatic mission in Israel reportedly was vandalized Sunday with the words, “German money kills Jews,” and “EU get out,” sparking condemnation from officials there.

September 3, 2019

Afghan asylum-seeker suspected in deadly France knife attack was in 'psychotic state,' prosecutor says

An Afghan man suspected in a knife attack that killed a 19-year-old and injured eight other people at a metro station in France on Saturday was on drugs and in a “psychotic state,” according to a prosecutor.