Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that the 28-nation EU had recognized Europe could only solve the refugee crisis by working together to identify asylum seekers arriving via Greece and Italy - and by providing funding to Middle Eastern nations such as Jordan and Lebanon … [Read more...] about ‘First step’ made in EU refugee crisis, says Merkel
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Coffins at Reichstag draw attention to EU refugee crisis
With a warning that "The Dead Are Coming," German activists on Sunday staged a mass funeral in Berlin as a symbolic commemoration of the thousands of migrants who have died in the Mediterranean. The event, organized by the protest art group Center for Political Beauty, also … [Read more...] about Coffins at Reichstag draw attention to EU refugee crisis
Opinion: Groping incidents in Cologne exacerbate EU refugee crisis
Until New Year's Eve in Cologne, consensus on European refugee policy seemed very unlikely. Now, in the wake of massive attacks against women by a large horde of men, a large number of whom were asylum seekers, and compounded by the flagrant inability of the police to do anything … [Read more...] about Opinion: Groping incidents in Cologne exacerbate EU refugee crisis
Germany stuck between Turkish assault on press freedom and refugee crisis
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday joined the chorus of criticism raining down on the Turkish government after it seized of one of the country's top opposition dailies. "We are monitoring this with concern," Steinmeier told reporters on Monday. "We must … [Read more...] about Germany stuck between Turkish assault on press freedom and refugee crisis
Eastern Europe opposed to EU refugee plan
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban still spearheads the Visegrad states' battle against a common EU refugee policy. In his speech to the country on Hungary's national holiday, two days before the EU summit, Orban reiterated his position on the refugee crisis. He said he would … [Read more...] about Eastern Europe opposed to EU refugee plan