Investigations in France and Germany could lead to prosecutions of President Bashar al-Assad and members of his upper echelon over one of the Syrian war’s signature atrocities.
Tag: Refugees and Displaced Persons
Who is Arora Akanksha, the 34-Year-Old Running for U.N. Secretary General?
The United Nations auditor, with no diplomatic experience, has declared her candidacy for secretary general — an audacious bid to shake up an organization that she says badly needs it.
Refugee Who Set Herself on Fire in Greece Is Charged With Arson
A woman set fire to her tent on the island of Lesbos in a suicide attempt after her family’s relocation to Germany was delayed.
Her New Life Started With a Robbery on a First Date
Nine months after she fled Syria, Maisam met Marvin in Germany. Their relationship gave her a surrogate family while she was separated from her own.
Virus Variants Deliver Fresh Blow to Europe’s Open Borders
Countries are again rushing to limit travel. That’s become a standard measure in the face of Covid threats, raising questions about whether a pillar of European Union integration can survive.
Turkish Forces in Syria Protect 5 Million People
Turkey was widely criticized when it sent forces into Syria, but today its soldiers stand between millions of Syrians and potential slaughter at the hands of President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
In Sudan Border Town, Desperate Ethiopians Find ‘Second Mother Country’
Tens of thousands of Christian refugees, fleeing the violence in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, have been given a warm welcome by the residents of a sleepy Sudanese town: “We are brothers.”
Refugees Flee Central African Republic, a Crisis the World Neglects
An unlikely alliance of rebels is laying siege to the capital, displacing about 200,000 people, after a disrupted election. Here is an explanation of a humanitarian crisis that gets scant attention.
Turned Back by Italy, Migrants Face Perilous Winter in Balkans
Advocacy groups and legislators say a practice of informal deportations violates Italian, European Union and international laws. At least one court in Rome agreed.
E.U. Border Agency Pulls Out of Hungary Over Rights Abuses
The decision by Frontex comes after Hungary disregarded a ruling by the E.U.’s top court that the way the country handles asylum seekers violated the bloc’s law.