Europe is only now being forced to take seriously the refugee crisis that's been roiling the Middle East and North Africa since civil conflict gathered pace after the Arab Spring upri...
179 viewsMigrants fleeing war and poverty to northern Europe on Sunday called for Slovenia to open its border from Croatia. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Harmica, a town on Croatia&...
228 viewsWith a half-million school age Syrian refugees in Lebanon, many are deprived of an education. But as school gets set to begin, the Lebanese government is embarking on a $94 million educational drive t...
188 viewsAlmost two million Syrians have taken refuge in neighboring Turkey. Many of them have been separated from their families. VOA's Ayesha Tanzeem was in Istanbul and found out how they w...
163 viewsAs thousands more refugees and migrants pour into Croatia, authorities have begun busing them directly to its border with Hungary. The fast-track move may ease pressure in Croatia but could also encou...
236 viewsEuropean leaders have pledged more than $1 billion to help Syrian refugees in the Middle East, in an attempt to stop the flow of migrants arriving on the continent’s southern shores. But big differ...
203 viewsTensions on the Serbia-Croatia border are growing in a tit-for-tat blockade sparked by the influx of refugees and other migrants. VOA's Daniel Schearf reports from Croatia&amp...
168 viewsIn a small town outside Austria's capital, Vienna, a former school is housing thousands of refugees. The United Nations heavily criticized the camp for its intolerable and inhumane co...
229 viewsGermany, the destination of choice for many of the migrants entering Europe, is facing questions on how it will deal with the influx. refugees have been entering at a rate of 1,800 per day from the A...
208 viewsHungary has declared a state of emergency in two southern counties bordering Serbia, and has arrested dozens of migrants and refugees for illegally entering the country. The move comes hours after ne...
168 viewsEven as Hungary clamps down on the flow of refugees and migrants trying to enter the country, volunteers have gathered in Hungarian cities to help those who have already arrived. VOA Afghan service re...
208 viewsThere's been a dramatic drop in the number of migrants coming into the Munich train station in the hours since Germany imposed border controls and briefly suspended train service betw...
273 viewsThe harrowing picture of a drowned three-year-old Syrian boy washed up on a Turkish beach appears to have galvanized Europe’s leaders into doing more to address the refugee crisis. France, Germany...
286 viewsHundreds of refugees left Budapest’s Keleti train station and reached the border of Austria on Saturday aboard buses provided by the Hungarian government. But authorities were bracing for a new wave...
256 viewsAs Syrian refugees travel by the masses into Europe, they continue to stream out of the technically closed land border with Turkey. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports. Originally published at - http:/...
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