Europe

Migrants seeking asylum wait at the registration center on August 27, 2015 in Ingelheim, Germany. Germany is receiving more than 1,000 new migrants a day from countries like Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. In some cases, those migrants include unaccompani

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Young Migrants, Some Arriving Without Parents, Seek A Safe Place

2:30pm September 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

In Munich last weekend, 195 children seeking asylum showed up alone. The growing number of unaccompanied minors presents a special challenge to German authorities, who generally don't deport children.

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Putin And Berlusconi Pop A Cork On A Ukrainian Wine Dispute

2:25pm September 23, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon reports that Ukrainians are outraged over what they call Russia's latest theft in Crimea — a $90,000 bottle of Spanish wine.

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Selma Halik, holding her 2-year-old daughter Amara at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, says much of her family was wiped out by ISIS. She doesn't want her daughter to see the things she's seen.

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On Greek Island, Syrians And Iraqis Find Respite Before Moving On

2:25pm September 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

NPR's Peter Kenyon sends this postcard from the Greek island of Lesbos, where he met a Syrian woman whose relatives were killed by ISIS, and an Iraqi man who worked with U.S. forces.

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U.S. Works To Speed Up Refugee Response

2:25pm September 23, 2015

Anne Richard, the assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, tells NPR's Scott Simon the Obama administration wants to ramp up the number of Syrian war refugees it takes in.

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Russia's Military Deployment In Syria Reignites Contact With U.S.

2:25pm September 23, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon discusses Russia's new military deployments to Syria with Steven Lee Myers of The New York Times. Myers says Russia worries its client, Syrian President Bashar Assad, may soon fall.

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Germany Now Tempering Its Open Embrace Of Migrants

2:25pm September 23, 2015

by Rachel Martin

NPR's Rachel Martin is in Berlin, reporting on the migrant crisis there. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Martin about how the Germans and the asylum-seekers are handling the situation.

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Wilfried Block, the mayor of Friedland, in northeastern Germany, says his shrinking town needs migrants to revitalize the economy. Much of Europe faces a demographic challenge, with retirees on the rise and young workers in decline. Analysts say migrants

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A German Town In Decline Sees Refugees As Path To Revival

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Esme Nicholson

Many towns in eastern Germany suffered sharp population declines after reunification as the young and educated left. One mayor hopes to rebuild his community with the help of Middle Eastern migrants.

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Volkswagen Scandal Leaves European Leaders, Consumers Reeling

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Diesel cars are very popular in Europe, where high gas prices have encouraged many customers to purchase them. Now allegations of emissions cheating by VW have thrown the European car market into confusion.

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Plan To Relocate 120,000 Migrants In Europe Meets Resistance

12:06pm September 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

European heads of government are meeting in Brussels to adopt a controversial plan to relocate refugees among EU member states. Steve Inskeep gets the latest from NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

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Visitors look at Volkswagen cars at the 2015 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany on Monday. Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has apologized to customers over a scandal involving emissions in its diesel cars.

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11 Million Cars Worldwide Have Emissions 'Defeat Device,' Volkswagen Says

7:00pm September 22, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The software that the EPA says causes Volkswagen cars to cheat official emissions tests exists in only one type of diesel engine, the carmaker says — and it has sold 11 million of them.