Europe Refugee and Migrant Crisis

Humanitarian aid workers stationed in Poland and Romania tell Newsweek about some of the difficulties that have faced Ukrainian refugees.

Distracting Europe with internal conflict over supporting Ukrainian refugees could take the focus away from Putin as he looks to offset international pressures.

A risk of millions of displaced people inside Europe, the likes of which has not been seen since World War II, could present yet one more reason to make sure that a Russian invasion of Ukraine does not happen.

Greece plans to renew a request for EU funds to expand its 24-mile long steel border wall with Turkey, citing concerns over more attempted border crossings.

The U.S., U.K., Canada and European Union hit Belarus with sanctions including travel bans and asset freezes on all suspected of aiding in the migrant crisis.

Guilt over racism, imperialism and fascism have somewhat faded in the face of a resolve not to be shown up as idiots by a tin-hat dictator.

"They don't care if you live or die," one migrant told Al Jazeera about the Belarusian border guards. "They have no empathy."

"For better for worse, these types of crises tend to influence the outcomes of elections across the European Union," Erol Yayboke told Newsweek.

The price to fly to Belarus and stay five nights at a hotel is now $4,000 per person.

So far this month, there have been 6,700 hindered attempts to cross the border into Poland, and 18,300 so far this year, Poland's Border Guards Agency said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said stopping the English Channel crossings depends largely on the French authorities.

The country's refusal to cooperate on halting illegal migration is retaliation for the EU placing economic sanctions on Belarus.

Germany had an open-door policy for migrants in 2015 and 2016.

Europe's most far-right political leaders met in Prague to call for their own Muslim ban.

The far-right group's actions have been described as dangerous.

Unaccompanied children are selling sex to escape the migrant camps in Greece.

Seeking refuge is what humans do, which is why the discussion on mobility needs to change.

Around 3,000 migrants have been stranded in Serbia on the way to the EU since July.

With a huge chunk of mankind on the move, 193 countries have finally struck an agreement on migrants and refugees.

If her speech at the UN is any indication, Theresa May prioritizes nationalist concerns over humanitarian ones.

The relocation of Vietnamese "boat people" in the 1970s was deemed a social failure.

Germany is already dealing with high tension between ethnic Turks and Germans.

2015 saw 1.3 million refugees enter Europe, nearly double the number from 1992, the previous peak year.

The leader warned that more migration increases the security risk in Europe.

Brexit may damage Turkey's EU membership hopes but the new parallels with the U.K. may prove more important.

The number of refugees stands at a record high of 65 million.

Syrian refugees and doctors both find it hard to participate in Turkey's medical system—so they've taken health care underground.

The country's government has opposed EU resettlement initiatives.

As more Syrian refugees in Europe gain the right to work, slowly they're helping people back home.

German chancellor accused of being overly dependent on Turkey in migrant crisis.