James Nachtwey: The Refugees’ Lonely Journey
It was the story of 2015, but the historic migration into Europe didn’t end when the year did. About 2,000 people a day crossed the Mediterranean into Greece last month—more than the number for all of...
View ArticleGreek Police Remove Migrants After Macedonia Closes Its Border
Police in Greece began removing migrants who were stranded at the country’s border with Macedonia on Tuesday after Macedonian authorities tightened immigration restrictions. Around 1,200 migrants,...
View ArticleEurope in Turmoil as Leaders Struggle to Control Migrant Situation
The European Union could be on the cusp of a massive humanitarian catastrophe as leaders stumble in their efforts to regulate the flow of migrants crossing its borders from the Mediterranean Sea. “The...
View ArticleMerkel Calls for E.U. Openness as Thousands of Migrants Remain Stuck in Greece
Tens of thousands of migrants remain stranded in Greece as neighboring nations continue to refuse to reopen their borders, a situation that some European Union officials say portends an impending...
View ArticleE.U. Leaders Gather for Refugee Summit as UNHCR Declares ‘Humanitarian Crisis’
Leaders from the European Union and Turkey are convening an emergency summit in the Belgian capital Brussels on Monday, in order to address the continent’s rapidly escalating refugee problem. The...
View ArticleSlovenia and Serbia Close Borders to Refugees
Slovenia tightened its border controls along the Balkans route leading into Western Europe on Tuesday, in an attempt to stem the flow of thousands of migrants seeking passage into the continent from...
View ArticleGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel Condemns Closure of the Balkan Route to Refugees
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized other European countries for shutting the door to refugees and migrants hoping to reach Europe via the Balkan route, the BBC reports. European Union...
View ArticleJames Nachtwey: A New Purgatory for Thousands of Refugees
They live in a legal limbo – thousands of men, women and children stuck in a squalid camp near the town of Idomeni along the border of Greece and Macedonia. Their fate contingent on a new European...
View ArticleTIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2015
Each photograph selected for TIME’s Top 10 photos of 2015, carefully culled from thousands and presented here unranked, reflects a unique and powerful point of view that represents the best of...
View ArticleGreece Begins to Clear Migrants From Idomeni Camp
Greek authorities have started removing thousands of migrants and refugees from a makeshift camp near the Macedonian border, where they have been stranded since Macedonia closed its border in...
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