March 29, 2016 German official to refugees: Integrate and learn the language, or get out Germany’s interior minister says he plans to push a new law that would force more than a million refugees to learn the German language and integrate into society – or lose their residency.
March 28, 2016 German rail service to roll out 'women-only' train cars amid fears over migrant assaults A German rail service is rolling out ‘women-only’ train cars following a mass series of violent sexual attacks against woman in the western city of Cologne.
March 22, 2016 Pope Francis to wash refugees' feet on Holy Thursday Pope Francis will wash the feet of young refugees during the Easter Week foot-washing ritual, after making official his practice of having women participate in the ceremony as well as men.
March 18, 2016 The EU missed a momentous opportunity on Syrian refugees In the name of the fight against smugglers and the preservation of human lives, European Union (EU) countries will not resettle Syrian refugees unless other refugees, Syrian or otherwise, first hire smugglers and risk their lives to reach the Greek islands.
March 16, 2016 Goodlatte & Labrador: America’s refugee program must be reformed. Here’s our solution Our bill, the Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act contains a number of targeted, commonsense reforms that will improve our nation’s refugee program while maintaining our nation’s generosity to people around the globe fleeing persecution.
March 15, 2016 Macedonia sends back refugees who pushed their way in Macedonia sent back hundreds of refugees to Greece on Tuesday, a day after they bypassed a border fence in a mass push to continue their journey north to Europe's prosperous heartland — a move Greece blamed on "criminal misinformation" possibly spread by volunteers working with them.
March 14, 2016 German anti-immigration party makes gains in local elections amid refugee crisis A nationalist, anti-migration party powered into three German state legislatures in elections Sunday held amid divisions over Chancellor Angela Merkel's liberal approach to the refugee crisis.
March 11, 2016 Iraqi man arrested over New Year's sex assaults in Germany Cologne police say a fourth man has been taken into custody after they released a series of photos of people suspected of sexual harassment and assaults in the city on New Year's Eve.
March 8, 2016 Critics blast Europe's draft plan to send some refugees back to Turkey The United Nations and human rights groups voiced deep concerns Tuesday about the European Union's plans to send thousands of migrants back to Turkey amid fears the country cannot properly provide for them.
March 7, 2016 'It was freezing': Growing number of refugees give up on Europe, head home Surkaw Omar and Rebien Abdullah quit their jobs and spent their life savings to reach Europe, only to find crowded asylum camps, hunger and freezing weather.
