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January 12, 2019

Thousands of migrants set up camps in Paris as authorities scramble to cope

France's capital is facing another migrant crisis as more than 2000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East are now sleeping in the open in Paris, according to French media -- less than a year after embattled President Emmanuel Macron’s government evacuated makeshift camps around the capital.

January 10, 2019

Split emerges in Italy’s populist government over accepting rescued migrants

A split emerged in Italy’s populist government Tuesday after Italian right-wing leader and Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini attacked an E.U. plan, approved by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to send about a dozen rescued migrants to Italy -- although Salvini later agreed to let them enter.

January 2, 2019

UK arrests 2 accused of moving migrants illegally

British authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested two people in Manchester, England on suspicion of arranging the illegal movement of migrants across the English Channel into the U.K.

November 4, 2018

Almost 60,000 migrants deemed dead or missing on dangerous journeys since 2014, study finds

While global migration levels are currently at an unprecedented high – characterized by graphic images of refugees on the run in the Middle East, caravans traversing Central America and flimsy boats from Africa capsizing in the Mediterranean Sea – far less confronting is the silent toll of those who never make it a border, those who die or disappear on often-dangerous expeditions.

September 19, 2018

Europe’s migration ‘fixes’ trigger disgusting humanitarian crises

European leaders are changing their course as their efforts to curb migration have triggered what the U.N. and other groups condemn as massive humanitarian failures. Deeply divided over how and where to control Europe’s borders, leaders met Wednesday in a summit in Austria.

September 10, 2018

Sweden joins Europe's move to right over migration backlash

Sweden has become the latest European country to have its political order shaken by a backlash against large-scale immigration, with voters giving a boost to a far-right party and weakening the more established ones.

September 9, 2018

Sweden election sees gains for far-right, anti-immigrant party

Voters in Sweden handed the ruling Social Democrats their worst result in decades Sunday, while the far-right Sweden Democrats were projected to become the third-largest party in Stockholm's parliament.

August 15, 2018

Burma's Karen refugees face dwindling aid, struggle with depression and suicides

Kyawsay and his girlfriend Nawehkohloh were teenagers in love, looking for a silver lining in their dire situation.

July 17, 2018

Libya let Europe-bound migrants die in Mediterranean, rescue group says

A migrant woman and a toddler were abandoned and left to die in the Mediterranean Sea by the Libyan coast guard, a Spanish aid group alleged on Tuesday.

July 2, 2018

New laws in Denmark for immigrant 'ghettos' prompt range of responses

A new set of laws governing life in 25 low-income, heavily Muslim enclaves in Denmark that have been labeled as “ghettos” is the latest salvo as Europe grapples with an influx of migrants and their integration into the continent.