Sep 09 Watch 5:30 On the front lines of the refugee crisis, Hungarians worry about accepting newcomers By PBS News Hour In Hungary, the constant flow of images of refugees on the news -- with some media reports playing it up for the scariest possible impact -- have caused many to worry about the arrival of newcomers from the Middle East. Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 5:01 Desperate conditions push refugees in Lebanon to dream of Europe By PBS News Hour While the surge of refugees in Europe is relatively new, Lebanon has been inundated by fleeing Syrians for four years; a quarter of the country's residents are refugees. In Beirut, some families are living in the rubble of bombed-out houses. Continue watching
Sep 09 Photos: Hundreds of migrants and refugees wait in limbo at Hungarian border By William Brangham, Saskia de Melker, Jon Gerberg A PBS NewsHour crew reports from the Hungarian border this week, as the flood of migrants and refugees into Europe continues to overwhelm. Correspondent William Brangham, and producers Saskia de Melker and Jon Gerberg posted these photos from a makeshift… Continue reading
Sep 09 Officials: U.S. to increase number of refugees by 5,000 next year By Mary Clare Jalonick, Bradley Klapper, Associated Press Officials say the United States is prepared to increase the number of refugees it resettles by 5,000 next year as European countries struggle to accommodate tens of thousands of refugees from the Middle East and Africa. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Refugees break through police at overflow camp in Hungary By PBS News Hour At the Hungarian border, a fence erected by the government is being built to keep refugees and migrants out -- a stark contrast to the response of other European nations, which are debating how and whether to let more people… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 6:27 Will welcoming refugees actually put more at risk? By PBS News Hour Are the pledges being made by European countries to take in refugees sufficient to accommodate the massive flood of people trying to escape war and poverty? Judy Woodruff examines the migration crisis with Leonard Doyle of the International Organization for… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: France, UK pledge to take in thousands of refugees By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, hundreds of people broke through Hungarian police lines near the Serbian border to walk on the main highway to Budapest. Meanwhile, European leaders debated how to handle the new wave of refugees. Also, President Obama… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 7:25 German odyssey complete, refugees face challenges getting settled By PBS News Hour After the initial fanfare, what conditions and reception can thousands of refugees expect when they reach Germany? Matt Frei of Independent Television News reports from Berlin. Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 4:14 Behind the dangerous trade of migrant smuggling By PBS News Hour A truck with 71 dead migrants found along an Austrian highway last week called attention to the dangers of smuggling. Washington Post reporter Michael Birnbaum has investigated the migrant smuggling trade and joins Alison Stewart via Skype from Brussels with… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 9:51 As Sweden offers shelter, Denmark tries to discourage refugees By PBS News Hour Two Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden and Denmark, are handling the European migrant crisis in vastly different ways. While Sweden has taken in the largest number of refugees in relation to its population of all EU nations, Denmark is implementing policies to… Continue watching