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EU’s migration crisis is far from over

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel may have adjusted her policies after last year’s refugee influx. But on Sunday, she was punished anyhow by voters in her own constituency of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. That’s one sign that the EU migration crisis is far from resolved yet. Ever since March, when Merkel rammed through a European Union deal with Turkey under which undocumented ...

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Merkel’s problem with the far right is Europe’s, too

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel suffered a humiliating electoral defeat in her home state on Sunday. The result, driven by a growing backlash against her policy on refugees, calls for hard thinking not just on her part but also from Germany’s partners in the European Union. Voters in rural Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, a tiny state of 1.6 million, didn’t just defeat ...

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Scale up response to child migrants

  Nearly one in every 200 children in the world today is a refugee. Kids now make up about half of all refugees. The stats may not appear as alarming as the ground situation is. Many miseries that the child migrants face are hidden from the view. Displaced undocumented children face the risk of abuse. A new UNICEF report reveals ...

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