refugees
Mediterranean migrant crossings top 500,000 in 2015
World
September 29, 2015
Mediterranean migrant crossings top 500,000 in 2015
More than half a million migrants and refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far this year -- 383,000…
German president warns of limits to number of refugees
World
September 28, 2015
German president warns of limits to number of refugees
Germany's president has warned that there are limits to how many refugees his country can absorb as it prepares for…
Banksy’s Dismaland theme park heading to Calais
World
September 28, 2015
Banksy’s Dismaland theme park heading to Calais
British street artist Banksy's dystopian theme park Dismaland was being dismantled Monday before being shipped to a migrant camp near…
Japan to offer 532.95 mn pounds to support refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq: NHK
Middle East
September 28, 2015
Japan to offer 532.95 mn pounds to support refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq: NHK
Japan, which accepted just 11 asylum seekers out of 5,000 applications last year, will provide about US$810 million (532.95 million…
Support for Merkel falls over handling of refugee crisis
World
September 26, 2015
Support for Merkel falls over handling of refugee crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity has dropped sharply over her handling of the refugee crisis, two polls showed on Saturday,…
At busy Lebanese port, Syrians set their sights on Europe
Middle East
September 23, 2015
At busy Lebanese port, Syrians set their sights on Europe
Hundreds of Syrians gather at dusk for a passenger ferry from Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli to Turkey, the next…
Sharp increase in migrant arrivals on Greece’s Lesbos island
World
September 23, 2015
Sharp increase in migrant arrivals on Greece’s Lesbos island
More than 3,000 mainly Syrian and Afghan refugees, soaked and exhausted, reached the Greek island of Lesbos within hours on…
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargo
Middle East
September 21, 2015
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargo
In October last year, bulk carrier CS Caprice was shipping a cargo of barley across the Mediterranean when it answered…
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
World
September 21, 2015
Refugee crisis to test EU at summit of divided leaders
Bitterly-divided European leaders will seek to find a credible response to the continent's worst migration crisis since World War Two…