Sep 15 Watch 8:12 Europe was 'ill-prepared' for refugee deluge, says German ambassador to the U.S. By PBS News Hour German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an emergency summit to deal with the refugee crisis, a day after Europeans ministers failed to reach a deal on resettlement quotas. German Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Wittig joins Gwen Ifill to discuss… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 6:54 Risking journey to Greece, more than 20 migrants drown off Turkey By PBS News Hour A boat filled past capacity with more than 200 migrants and refugees capsized off the Turkish coast, less than two miles from their starting point. Twenty-two people, including some children, drowned. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant was on shore as survivors… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 8:37 News Wrap: Hungary arrests migrants under new laws By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the Hungarian government declared a state of crisis as migrants continued to flood its borders but were met with a completed barrier fence. Also, the number of homes consumed by California's Valley fire increased to… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 5:57 As EU steps up controls, refugees wish for open land borders from Turkey By PBS News Hour Officials from across Europe arrived in Brussels to discuss instituting quotas to distribute 160,000 asylum seekers throughout the continent. Some countries have balked at the plan, while Germany, Austria and Hungary have tightened up their borders. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 8:29 How should EU manage its borders amid the migrant crisis? By PBS News Hour As European governments gather to discuss a plan to set quotas, will the decisions made in Brussels help to ease the migrant crisis? Jeffrey Brown gets two perspectives from Ambassador Réka Szemerkényi of Hungary and David Miliband, CEO of the… Continue watching
Sep 14 Photos: Refugees risk sea voyage in quest for safer life By Larisa Epatko A record number of migrants have risked crossing the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape conflict in their home countries, facing uncertainty but relative safety in Europe. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 4:20 European Union struggles to find unified response to migrant crisis By PBS News Hour On Monday, the 28-nation European Union will hold an emergency summit in Brussels, Belgium, to try to agree on how many asylum seekers each country will accept. NewsHour's William Brangham joins Hari Sreenivasan from Vienna, to discuss. Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch 4:03 Before influx of new migrants, what's Germany doing to help the crisis? By PBS News Hour Germany will take in at least 800,000 migrants this year, more than any other country in Europe, including roughly 10,000 expected to arrive this weekend. Noah Barkin of Reuters joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Berlin with what Germany is… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 6:27 The security challenge of resettling Syrian refugees in the U.S. By PBS News Hour The White House has announced that 10,000 Syrians will be resettled in the U.S. over the next year. How will those refugees be selected? Daryl Grisgraber of Refugees International and former Deputy National Security Advisor Juan Zarate join Hari Sreenivasan… Continue watching
Sep 11 Watch 6:44 What life in transit looks like for refugee families in Europe By PBS News Hour At Budapest's main train station, hundreds of refugees and migrants wait for hours for trains to Austria and beyond. Some have been on the road for weeks and months, trying to get away from death and devastation and make new… Continue watching