Europe began moving in earnest Monday to reverse the migrant tide spilling over its borders, with Greek authorities deporting the first few hundreds of what could be thousands of migrants deemed asylum-ineligible back to Turkey, despite opposition from human rights…
Mar 25

Belgian law enforcement conducted raids across Brussels in the wake of Tuesday’s terror attacks, including at two apartments where explosions were reported, and at a bus stop where a suspect believed to be carrying a suitcase with explosives was shot…
Mar 24

As Belgian investigators seek two possible suspects in the Brussels bombings case, concerns are growing about why authorities did not foil the plot ahead of the attack. Meanwhile, European justice and interior ministers met to discuss enhancing security. Special correspondent…
Mar 23

By PBS NewsHour
The city of Brussels began three days of mourning in the wake of Tuesday's bombings that killed at least 31 and wounded 270. As residents tried to return to a semblance of normalcy, Belgian authorities kept up a nationwide manhunt…
Mar 22

By PBS NewsHour
The UN refugee agency is refusing to cooperate with European authorities in processing and deporting the migrants stranded in Greece -- a move that could destabilize the recent deal with Turkey to stem the migrant flow. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant…
Mar 18

Turkey and the European Union reached an agreement Friday over solutions to the ongoing migrant crisis in Eastern Europe, with Turkey taking back Syrian refugees currently stranded in Greece in exchange for financial aid and closer travel and political ties…
Mar 10

By PBS NewsHour
As thousands of refugees huddle stranded on the borders of Greece, many eastern European nations are pushing for the continent to seal its borders, a stance that puts them at odds with their western compatriots and could potentially destabilize the…
Mar 07

By PBS NewsHour
As more and more Middle Eastern refugees look to an increasingly overwhelmed Europe for asylum, concerns over terrorist infiltration are growing. Human rights activists say such worries are nothing more than xenophobic scaremongering, while military officials and counterterrorism experts contend…
Feb 19

By PBS NewsHour
Refugees from the Middle East continue to hazard the perilous crossing from Turkey to Greece, with an average of two children having drowned every day since September 2015. In response, NATO and the EU are increasing their border protection and…
Feb 16

By PBS NewsHour
Deadly attacks on Jews by Islamic extremists in France and Denmark have left Europe’s Jewish community feeling vulnerable, and have driven an increasing number to move to Israel or elsewhere. But some European Muslims are taking a stand against the…
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