Refugees

Activists are warning that conditions at crowded camps in southeast Bangladesh are leaving a million Rohingya refugees at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. Internet shutdown in and around the camps is making the situation even more dangerous. Al Jazeera's Mohammed Jamjoom reports. SOURCE: Al Jazeera News Read More

The federalist structure as we’ve always known it is under real strain, and the prospect of armed officers patrolling internal borders is emerging fast. If that sounds alarmist, consider that President Trump is currently considering imposing an “enforceable quarantine” in New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut—and that Rhode…

No Starfleet for old men — How much you like the series may depend on how wedded you are to classic serial format. Jennifer Ouellette - Mar 28, 2020 7:55 pm UTC Just a retired admiral and his trusty Number One. YouTube/CBS All Access The character Picard's first impulse is…

Athens, Greece - For most people living in crowded refugee camps on the Greek islands, following the measures recommended to prevent the spread of the coronavirus infection is just not possible. In the Vial refugee camp on the island of Chios, even if they wanted to, people cannot keep a…

By Madeline ChambersBERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin will take in 80 to 100 children from Greek refugee camps, an official in the German capital said on Tuesday, as concern mounts about migrants amassing on the Turkish-Greek border.European politicians are struggling to agree what to do about the tens of thousands of…

ATHENS/ANKARA (Reuters) - Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the other side behaving badly in a migrant crisis that has seriously strained already tense relations between Athens and Ankara. Greek soldiers patrol at a train station near…

This video appears to show a Greek coastguard vessel crossing the bow of an overcrowded rubber dinghy full of refugees and migrants, who can be heard screaming as the wake hits them.  On the same day, a child was reported to have died after a boat capsized off the coast…

For most close observers, it has long seemed only a matter of time before the long, bloody proxy war between Turkey and Russia for regional predominance in the Middle East would break out into full-scale direct hostilities. That came closer to happening last week, when Russian-backed Syrian forces attacked a…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to hold talks with senior European Union officials in Brussels over a refugee crisis unfolding at the Turkish-Greek border, as Germany said the bloc was considering taking in 1,500 child refugees. Tens of thousands of asylum-seekers have been trying to break through the land border…

(EDIRNE, Turkey) — A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths. At least two migrants were injured…