April 6, 2016 Syrians leave for US under surge resettlement program The first Syrian family to be resettled in the U.S. under a speeded-up "surge operation" for refugees left Jordan on Wednesday for Kansas City, Missouri, to start a new life.
April 6, 2016 'Staggering number' of Europeans embraced jihad, many returning home, EU claims The European Union’s border agency admitted Tuesday it cannot fully track the flood of refugees pouring in, and said a "staggering number" of Europeans have joined terror groups only to return to the continent amid the migrant wave.
April 5, 2016 Greece pauses deportations as thousands claim asylum Authorities in Greece have suspended deportations to Turkey and acknowledged that most migrants and refugees detained on Greek islands have applied for asylum.
April 4, 2016 Greece begins deporting refugees to Turkey under EU plan Police on the Greek island of Lesbos began placing refugees on boats bound to Turkey, the first to be deported under a European Union plan to limit the amount of migration to Europe.
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.
