Response, or opportunism?
Several major humanitarian agencies have announced plans to expand, launch and upscale operations in response to the European refugee crisis in the past week. Faced with European governments apparently unable…
Several major humanitarian agencies have announced plans to expand, launch and upscale operations in response to the European refugee crisis in the past week. Faced with European governments apparently unable…
The photograph of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who perished on his way from Turkey to Greece, sent shockwaves around the world. Now his father Abdullah describes his ordeal.
As the civil war heats up amid intervention by the Gulf monarchies, thousands are fleeing every day.
Since the beginning of Greece’s financial crisis in 2010, two prime ministers have been swept from office after they were forced to adopt an unfeasible package of austerity measures in…
The flow of refugees from Africa and the Middle East into Western Europe has provoked a set of reactions strikingly similar to those we display on learning we have a…
There is growing concern that Europe may unwittingly divide migrants into two distinct classes.
Paul Krugman and others work behind-the-scenes to help craft turnaround plans for debt-ridden nations
Last month three Greek men posing as coastguards were arrested for preying on migrants. With so many people on the move, it’s becoming a big business.
Poverty and inequality in Europe have reached shocking levels, according to a new Oxfam report.
The disillusionment is visible in polling data released ahead of the September 20th general election, the fourth Greece has seen since May 2012. The two main parties (Syriza and New…