Compared to many other European countries, Britain has agreed to accept a relatively small number of Syrian refugees
The migrant crisis in Europe is fueling the debate in Britain ahead of a referendum on staying in the European Union that may be held this year. Prime Minister David Cameron warns that leaving the EU could lead to thousands more migrants arriving in the country. Meanwhile, tension is rising in Calais, France, where thousands of migrants are living in squalid camps. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports.
There is growing tension in French port of Calais, where thousands of migrants are living in squalid camps
Calling accommodation's at disused German airport far from ideal, city officials say numbers arriving in city require urgent solutions
World leaders meeting in London have pledged $10 billion to provide humanitarian relief, jobs and education to people fleeing the war in Syria. But optimism over the outcome of the conference has been overshadowed by intense fighting around the rebel-held city of Aleppo. Henry Ridgwell reports from London.
Talks breakdown between Syria’s warring parties in Geneva, intense fighting in rebel-held city of Aleppo extinguishes any fading hopes of cease-fire
United Nations wants $9 billion to help fund humanitarian relief and projects to help refugees
Seventy world leaders are due to gather in London Thursday for the fourth Syria donors’ conference. The United Nations wants $9 billion to help fund humanitarian relief and projects to help refugees. Henry Ridgwell spoke to one of the senior American delegates and reports on expectations for meeting.
VOA's Henry Ridgwell catches up refugees who documented their trip last year from Syria to Libya to Italy and eventually Germany
Human rights group Amnesty International has strongly criticized the reinstatement of a Nigerian army commander, who it says is implicated in war crimes during the country’s battle with Islamist Boko Haram militants. The Nigerian government has denied the accusations. Henry Ridgwell reports.
Rights group says Major General Ahmadu Mohammed was in command of operations when Nigerian military executed more than 640 prisoners in Giwa in March 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing mounting political pressure over the number of migrants arriving in her country – with regional authorities demanding that Berlin provide more resources to cope with the crisis. Henry Ridgwell reports for VOA from the German capital.
Leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states demand doubling of financial aid and support for housing and schools
Local volunteers say Berlin’s social welfare system for refugees is being overwhelmed by the numbers of migrants applying for asylum, and they are urging to local authorities to address what they describe as "inhuman" conditions at the central office for registration. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports.
Volunteers urge local authorities to address what they describe as ‘inhuman’ conditions at central office for registration
Polls show support for anti-immigrant political parties have risen since hundreds of attacks on women in Cologne, Germany, apparently by groups of migrants
Germany is tightening its migration laws in response to the huge numbers of refugees arriving on its borders, with several Balkan states now designated as ‘safe’ countries to deport failed asylum seekers. VOA visited Schwaebisch Gmuend in southern Germany, where tension is growing over rival visions for the future of migration into the town.
With several Balkan states now designated as ‘safe’ countries, competing visions emerge across Germany on future handling of migration
Germany is debating how to integrate the more than 1.1 million refugees who arrived in the country in the past 12 months. One town in southern Germany is pioneering a new approach at integrating its share of refugees, prompting some to label it the "model" migrant town. VOA's Henry Ridgwell reports.
Schwabisch Gmund in southern part of country pioneering a new approach
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