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Europe refugee crisis

Posted inNonfiction

How Refugees Die

by Longreads May 23, 2019March 31, 2023

Wars and heightened border security have created a humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean.

Posted inBooks, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story

Notes on a Shipwreck

by Longreads February 20, 2019October 19, 2022

On Lampedusa, history is never far from the islanders’ thoughts, and they are preoccupied by its contradictions. Is Lampedusa a stop on a long journey, or is it a graveyard? Does every fence need a hole in it?

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Crime, Nonfiction, Quotes

Greece’s Beleaguered Port City

by Aaron Gilbreath November 24, 2017October 19, 2022

The violent chipping center of Aspropyrgos, Greece is a microcosm of Europe itself, struggling to benefit from the global economy while protecting its identity.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

How Should a German Be?

by Aaron Gilbreath April 6, 2017October 19, 2022

In Harper’s, Yascha Mounk examines how recent Islamic immigration challenges many Germans’ core idea of their national identity.

Refugee camp graffiti
Posted inBlog Post, Quotes, Travel

‘We Love Europa But Europa No Love Us.’

by Pam Mandel March 16, 2017October 19, 2022

“We just want a normal life. We are here for survival.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Dispatch From a Refugee Camp in Greece

by Pam Mandel March 13, 2017October 19, 2022

David Farley spends a month volunteering in a refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios

Posted inEditor's Pick

Brontosaurs Whistling in the Dark

by michelleweber March 6, 2017October 19, 2022

Reflections on Angela Merkel’s and Germany’s attitude toward refugees, from a daughter of refugees who themselves fled Germany in the 1930.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The World’s Most Lethal Border Crossing

by Nick Leiber August 1, 2015October 19, 2022

Europe is “experiencing a maritime refugee crisis of historic proportions,” the United Nations warns. Thousands of refugees escaping conflict in Africa and the Middle East are trying to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea.

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