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European migrant crisis

beach scene
Ukraine
Ukrainian refugees found shelter in Spain’s empty hotels. But then, tourists came back.
An aerial view of Fairbourne village in Gwynedd in Wales, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.
Refugees
Climate change may be the leading driver of tomorrow’s refugee crisis
A Syrian grocery shop in Istanbul sells brands that are familiar to Syrian customers, such as canned meats and condensed milk.
Migration
Syrian refugees and migrants in Turkey face a difficult decision to return home 
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson arrives for a meeting of EU justice and interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021.
Afghanistan
EU’s top migration official calls for global response to help Afghans in order to avoid migration crisis in Europe
Faeza Satouf, from Syria, looks at a photo of her graduation day on her phone during an interview in Nivaa, Denmark, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. 
Critical State
Family in conflict: Part II
Migrants wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 sit at a pier as Italian police officers stand by.
Migration
Some migrants crossing the Mediterranean say they prefer death to being returned
A group of people protest and carry a heart-shaped sign that says "Refugees welcome here."
Migration
Denmark revokes residency permits of some Syrian refugees
The new migrant facility on Lesbos will be built next to an active landfill, according to a map published by local media in the fall.
Refugees
‘This island is a prison’: Migrants say plan for a refugee camp on Lesbos is too isolating
A migrant stands outside his tent at Karatepe refugee camp, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, March 29, 2021. The European Union's home affairs commissioner is visiting asylum-seeker facilities on the eastern Greek islands of Samos and
Refugees
Activists protest migrant facility plan in Greece: ‘Greek islands will not be turned to prisons’ 
Rescue workers carry the body of a dead migrant after a boat with 35 migrants from the Maghreb region capsized at the beach of Orzola, in the Canary Island of Lanzarote, Spain, Nov. 25, 2020.
Immigration
Canary Islands face influx of migrants from West Africa
Two children sleep beneath gray blankets on the road near the Moria refugee camp on the northeastern island of Lesbos, Greece, Sept. 10, 2020.
Migration
Thousands of refugees sleep in streets after fire destroys Greece’s Moria camp
A refugee woman is pictured at the Souda Refugee Camp in Chios island, Greece, June 10, 2017.
Displacement
Refugees caught in the middle of Greek-Turkish political standoff
A group of people behind a metal barrier
Refugees
EU will not give in to Erdoğan’s ‘blackmail,’ says Greek MEP
A man with a small boy on his back climb from a dinghy
Refugees
As Turkey opens border, conditions for migrants in Europe are ‘unacceptable’
Central American migrants stand in line before entering a temporary shelter, after illegally crossing the border between Mexico and the U.S., in Deming, New Mexico, on May 16, 2019.
Immigration
Supreme Court’s asylum decision is a ‘recipe for chaos,’ experts say
A grandmother wearing a blue shirt, stands to the left of her daughter wearing a red dress who is standing next to her son.
Refugees
These asylum-seekers won their refugee cases in Greece. Some wish they hadn’t.
An empty water bottle lays on the dirt behind a string of barbed wire
Immigration
Crimes of compassion: US follows Europe’s lead in prosecuting those who help migrants
A family portrait with several younger children in the front row and adults in the back row.
Migration
Torn apart by the Syrian war, these siblings struggle to stay connected across 6 different countries
Syrian children
Conflict & Justice
For Syrian refugee children in Turkey, a ‘home with dignity’ is hard to find
A large face made out of a razor wire blocks a man holding a suitcase in this illustration.
Orbán's Enemies
In Orbán’s Hungary, refugees are unwelcome — so are those who try to help
A man with short brown hair sits in front of a colorful geometric mural
Sanctions are ‘dead end’ for middle-class Iranians risking life for asylum
Ammar Haj Ahmad in “The Jungle.”
Arts, Culture & Media
Welcome to ‘The Jungle’
Mother with her son, holding a US flag, waits in line for food.
Global Politics
Who is responsible for migrants?
immigrants
Global Politics
Survey: Despite crisis, most Europeans still welcome refugees
people in white protective suits on a boat
Sick migrants disembark stranded Italian boat as Salvini defies UN
Syrian refugee Muhammad, 42, looks at the sea while fishing in the city of Mytilene, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, Dec. 2, 2017.  
Conflict
In refugee camps on Lesbos, single men can feel stuck
migrant
Germany allows refugee families to reunite, with limits
Yusra, played by Rhianna Merralls, struggles to fall asleep in the play, "Wherever I Lay My Head," performed in London City Hall.
Chronic insomnia plagues young migrants long after they reach their destination
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Interior Minister Herbert Kickl attend a news conference in Vienna.
Immigration
Austria ready to act at borders if Germany moves on migrants
Migrants are brought aboard a Save the Children rescue boat
Conflict & Justice
Inside Italy’s plot to infiltrate migrant rescue boats in the Mediterranean
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini
Italian deputy prime minister blasts NGO for calling him fascist, bans migrant ships
refugees are rescued on the Mediterranean Sea
Immigration
After turning away rescued migrants, Italy’s far-right claim ‘victory’ when Spain opens port
greece
Greece seeks to speed refugee processing, ease camp overcrowding
A woman holding a baby waits in line, above an open helping hand is extended.
Conflict
Make your way through the maze of seeking asylum in the US
A migrant carrying a child waits to cross the border with Croatia near the village of Berkasovo, Serbia, Oct. 19, 2015. Women face assault, harassment and sexual violence at every step of the way along the European migrant trail, including on European soi
Conflict
As the European migrant trail has gone underground, the threat of sexual violence has increased
Migrants wait for food distribution inside an abandoned factory close to the Croatian border near the town of Sid, Serbia, Dec. 19, 2017. There are about 8,000 refugees and migrants stranded in Serbia, a result of a tougher European border policies that f
Conflict
Migrants stuck in Serbia play a desperate ‘game’ to reach the EU
Two migrants play checkers with bottle caps in an abandoned warehouse where they live on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Conflict
Trapped by border closings, these young migrants are hiding out in an abandoned warehouse
Abdallah Khalil (right) with friends in northern Paris. Khalil arrived in Paris in December and hopes to get asylum in France.
Conflict
French police don’t want migrants getting too comfortable on the streets of Paris
Maisam Hosseini and his teacher
Education
What it’s like to learn a second language when you can’t read and write in your first