Anti-Migrant Slogans Are Overshadowing Italy's Election Race
Far-right parties are campaigning for the March 4 elections, and they're not the only ones heightening the rhetoric against foreigners.
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A New Approach To Refugees: Pay Them To Go Home
Even though the refugee crisis in Europe reached its peak two years ago, countries are still trying to figure out what to do with the more than 150,000 refugees who want to stay in the E.U.
2 New Works Confront The Refugee Crisis With Empathy And Humanity
Critic John Powers discusses the Italian documentary, Fire at Sea, and the novel, These Are the Names. The works take very different — but nonetheless poignant — approaches to the refugee situation.
Up To 240 People Feared Dead In Capsizings Off Libyan Coast
Officials say two boats sank in the Mediterranean, and at least 31 survivors arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa. This year has been the deadliest ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
Hungary's Referendum On Refugee Resettlement Is Overwhelming — But Invalid
More than 90 percent of voters rejected any future plans for permanent resettlement of noncitizens. But not enough people voted — and some of those who did cast intentionally botched ballots.
The Hopes (Security) And Fears (Bears) Of Syrian Refugees In New Jersey
Osama and Ghada and their four kids fled their homeland three years ago and recently reached the U.S. as part of the 11,000 Syrian refugees arriving this year. Every day brings new challenges.
VIDEO: Is Cate Blanchett Asking You To Do Enough To Help Refugees?
She's the star of a new celebrity video from the U.N., highlighting the refugee crisis. It grabs attention. But will it make a difference?
In Paris, Where Food Is King, Refugee Chefs Show What They Have To Offer
In a weeklong festival, refugee chefs teamed up with their French counterparts to serve up feasts that fuse their culinary traditions. It's an effort to recast refugees in a new, culinary light.
Refugees, Displaced People Surpass 60 Million For First Time, UNHCR Says
At the end of 2015, 65.3 million people had fled conflict and persecution, the refugee agency says. That's one in every 113 people — or 24 people every minute. And very few found places to resettle.
Are You More Sympathetic Because She's British, And Not Syrian?
A new video ad from Save the Children shows a girl going through the harrowing journey of a Syrian refugee — only she's British and it takes place in London.