June 20, 2018 Pope Francis says separation of migrant children 'contrary to our Catholic values, immoral' Pope Francis has called the separation of migrant children from their parents “contrary to our Catholic values and immoral.”
June 16, 2018 Angela Merkel's German government facing collapse over her immigration stance Merkel's Christian Democrat coalition and their Bavarian Christian Social Union has fractured over the latter's new policy that would turn away more asylum seekers at the country's borders.
June 13, 2018 Tensions between Italy, France heat up as migrant ship diverted to Spain Italy summoned the French ambassador and demanded an apology as it ramped up its standoff with Paris over migration on Wednesday.
June 6, 2018 UN migration agency: 46 African migrants drown near Yemen The U.N. migration agency says 46 migrants drowned, including nine women, and 16 remain missing, presumed dead after their vessel capsized in high waves while crossing the Gulf of Aden.
April 2, 2018 Israel announces deal to resettle African migrants, then backtracks Israel announced a deal with the U.N. on Monday to resettle African migrants in Western nations, but hours later put the agreement on hold.
March 1, 2018 Angela Merkel admits that 'no-go zones' exist in Germany German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a major concession to the populist wave sweeping Europe this week when she admitted the existence of so-called “no-go zones” where police dare not enter.
March 1, 2018 European leaders, facing growing public unease, toughen up on immigration As politicians in America and across the globe lined up last week up to condemn Trump’s reported remarks calling certain African nations “s---hole countries,” there was a somewhat muted response in Europe -- a sign of how the political winds of immigration are blowing on the continent.
February 20, 2018 Venezuela's migrant crisis could match scale of Syria's catastrophe, experts say Venezuela’s ongoing economic and political turmoil has created a widespread dearth of food and basic medical supplies that has caused millions of people to flee the stagnating country and created a humanitarian crisis that some experts say could surpass that arising from war-torn Syria.
February 19, 2018 Hungary is last front against 'Islamization' of Europe, prime minister says Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban used his annual state of the nation speech to ramp up anti-immigration rhetoric Sunday, warning that pro-migration European governments have "opened the way to the decline of Christian culture and the advance of Islam."
February 13, 2018 German teen's murder sparks national discussion of migrant crime Many Germans are concerned the huge wave of more than one million migrants who flooded the country since Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the country’s borders two years ago are making the country less safe.
