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Refugees Who Could Be Us
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Kristof of the NYT recalls how his own father was a refugee from Eastern Europe, swam the Danube river to safety, and was given refuge by a family in Oregon. He points to the failure of world leadership in both Washington, Moscow and Arab capitals leading to the conflict in which about half of the Syrian people are dislocated by civil war.
Faces of Kurdish refugees from Syria and Iraq to Europe in 2015
09/04/2015
The story of a dead child named Aylan- found on a beach where desperate Kurds refugees launched out on the open seas to get to Europe- captured the attention of global media in early Septemeber 2015.
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Image of Drowned Syrian Boy Echoes Around World
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
The treatment of migrants on the way to Germany, in Hungary and Czech Republic, in 2015- echoes of previous periods for Budapest and Prague
09/04/2015
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Treatment of Migrants Evokes Memories of Europe’s Darkest Hour
New York Times 09/04/2015
Migrants Cross Austria Border From Hungary
New York Times 09/04/2015
Piercing the Denial on Refugees
New York Times 09/04/2015
For refugees, it’s destination Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Germans Welcome Migrants After Long Journey Through Hungary and Austria
New York Times 09/05/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
Refugees from another era- from Romania, Hungary and other communist countries in Eastern Europe
09/04/2015
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A Train Journey From Communism to Freedom, Almost Ended in Hungary
New York Times 09/06/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
Hungary Cracks Down on Migrants at Serbia Border
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2015
Migrants Clash With Police in Hungary, as Others Enter Croatia
New York Times 09/16/2015
A Frontline Solution to Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2015
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
The photograph of a dead Syrian Kurdish child Aylan on a beach in Turkey, that arouses Europe about the migrants in the Mediterranean from war torn areas
09/04/2015
The child's parents made it from Damascus to Aleppo to Kobani. They paid $4000 for the mother, father, 4 year old Aylani and his brother, to make it from a beach in Turkey to the Greek island of Kos. The boat capsized and the mother and children were drowned. Only the father survived, so distraught he is going back to Kobani for burial. A huge wave of migrants are leaving the war tonr areas in Syria, Iraq, Libya, Somalia and Eritrea, in North Africa, increasing the urgency of resettlement efforts, and European efforts for negotiating peace in the region.
Grouped Articles
Image of Drowned Syrian Boy Echoes Around World
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
Image of Drowned Syrian Boy Echoes Around World
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
Piercing the Denial on Refugees
New York Times 09/04/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/2015
Turkey Places Conditions on E.U. for Migrant Help
New York Times 03/07/2016
U.S. resettlement of Syria's refugees at 1500 and UK 166 in 2015, as Germany accepts 800,000 refugees
09/04/2015
The huge difference in the U.S. and German resettlement of Syria's refugees. About half the population of Syria is dslocated in a tragedy of massive proportions for a country of 23 million- additional numbers of refugees are spread out in Iraq and Libya. The U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East under the Obama administration led to a worsening of the crisis in Iraq, Syria and Libya, and the unraveling of the fragile situation in these countries. The result is the flow of migrants to Europe by the hundreds of thousands in 2015. German chancellor Merkel will be remembered in history for the courage to say in Sept 2015- "If Europe fails on the question of refugees, its close connection with universal civil rights will be destroyed." And for rallying German society to the work of integrating refugees with the openness of educational institutions and civil society, especially in the urban areas.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Pressed to Take More Syrian Refugees
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
Refugees Find a Mostly Smooth Welcome in Germany
Wall Street Journal 09/05/2015
Piercing the Denial on Refugees
New York Times 09/04/2015
The Refugee Crisis Isn’t a ‘European Problem’
New York Times 09/05/2015
New York Times 09/04/2015
New York Times 09/05/2015
The failure of the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia to take in refugees from war torn Syria and other parts of North Africa- 1500 for U.S. , 166 for UK, 800,000 for Germany
09/04/2015
Ignatieff of the Kennedy School and Kristof of the NYT say the inaction of Obama, Cameron, Harper and Abbott, is deplorable considering the gap between the 800,000 Merkel and the German people have openly welcomed and the 1500 the U.S. has accepted, and 166 the UK has taken in. There is hardly any mention of the issue by the leaders of the U.S. and Canada in September 2015, even as the global media has covered this daily. In Hungary the Orban government faile to remember the Hungarian uprising of 1956 and the violent crackdown by the Soviets, leading to a wave of refugees reaching other parts of Europe and the U.S.
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New York Times 09/04/2015
The Refugee Crisis Isn’t a ‘European Problem’
New York Times 09/05/2015
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