Refugee Crisis
As thousands of refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries in crisis move west and north through Europe, they are encountering a new set of obstacles and humiliations. Follow live coverage of the crisis from CBC's foreign correspondents.
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A look at the conditions at Hungary's border with Serbia #cbc #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COXoNpAWwAAGEuH.jpg
by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 10:04:27 AM -
Kids hauling water at the Hungarian border w Serbia #cbc #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COXogeRWoAAPW1X.jpg
by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 10:04:30 AM -
One bus. hundreds of refugees. Who gets on ? #CBC #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COXpUIaWgAAlawr.jpg
by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 10:04:34 AM -
#Refugees on Greek Isle Lesvos finally able 2 buy ferry tickets as Athens moves to avert crisis. @CBCWorldReport #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX1YOGWoAADmGu.jpg
by Margaret Evans via twitter 9/8/2015 10:05:11 AM -
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Refugees want to move on to Germany. Police not allowing them. Numbers are growing. #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COXvg8YWcAAZc6J.jpg
by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/8/2015 10:06:03 AM -
Dozens more police arrive in Roszke. #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX2J8yW8AAmwTi.jpg
by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/8/2015 10:06:09 AM -
More cops arrive at Hungary's S border. 100s of refugees here are angry and want to move on #CBC #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX4w0XWwAABJl1.jpg
by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 10:11:14 AM -
Refugee crisis brings out best and worst in Europe: Nahlah Ayed
The current refugee crisis in Europe has seen extraordinary acts of kindness on the part of ordinary citizens and generous commitments on the part of some governments but has also brought out the continent’s uglier side, CBC's Nahlah Ayed reports from Hungary and Austria. -
Refugee crisis: Hungarian PM wants to speed up building of fence on Serbian border
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he wants to speed up construction of a fence meant to stop migrants on the southern border with Serbia — project which has missed two previous deadlines. -
Latin American nations offer to take in Syria refugees u.afp.com/ZTmg http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX2lOxWIAAHH_u.jpg
by AFP news agency via twitter 9/8/2015 10:23:42 AM -
Refugees crowd port in Mytilene hoping to buy tickets to Athens. This woman has been waiting for days. #Lesvos #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX7aWBW8AACmNw.jpg
by Erin Boudreau via twitter 9/8/2015 10:28:59 AM -
How 1000s of #refugees have been living on Greek Isle Lesvos for weeks. Relief enroute? @CBCWorldReport #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COX82a7WsAAlFBL.jpg
by Margaret Evans via twitter 9/8/2015 10:29:06 AM -
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Rescuers in Greece are searching for a Syrian refugee who was swept away by rushing water while trying to ford a river to get into Macedonia. Associated Press reporting that police say the 22-year-old man was part of a group who tried to cross the river to avoid Macedonian border guards.
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Refugee crisis makes for strange sights on Lesbos: Margaret Evans
As its beaches welcome sunbathers and frightened, desperate people from the Turkish coast, the Greek island of Lesbos has become a strange sight: a vacation destination, and a way station for the Mideast humanitarian crisis. -
Two more busses just arrived at the border and took away dozens of refugees #CBC #refugeecrisisby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 10:45:49 AM
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- Thomson Reuters
The UN refugee agency expects the number of refugees fleeing across the Mediterranean to
Europe to hit 400,000 this year and could be 450,000 or more in
2016, it said in a preliminary emergency appeal document
published on Tuesday.
"In 2015, UNHCR anticipates that approximately 400,000 new
arrivals will seek international protection in Europe via the
Mediterranean. In 2016 this number could reach 450,000 or more,"
it said, adding that over 366,000 had already arrived in 2015. - Thomson Reuters
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Filthy conditions for refugees in Roszke. All are desperate to leave Hungary. #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COYP5HxWoAAHxdj.jpg
by Tracy Seeley via twitter 9/8/2015 11:52:19 AM -
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- Associated Press
Germany and Sweden are calling for quotas to distribute refugees across all 28 European Union countries.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the bloc needs "binding quotas for refugees who have the right to asylum and who are fairly distributed according to strict principles among the member states."
Speaking alongside Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, Merkel says the number of refugees "depends on the circumstances and this is why we need an open system" without caps.
She added that "unfortunately we are still far away" from agreeing on such a system.
Germany anticipates some 800,000 migrants this year and is urging others to take in more.
Lofven said that "if people knock on the door who are fleeing from war, terror, rape, then we have to open the door." - Associated Press
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- Associated Press
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's special representative on migration says it's "not enough" for countries like the United States and wealthy Persian Gulf states to give money to help Syrian refugees -- they must take them in, too.
Peter Sutherland told reporters in Geneva that Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey have taken in some 4 million Syrian refugees.
Sutherland said: "Buying your way out of this is not satisfactory."
He added that the U.N. refugee agency and other aid groups are vastly underfunded. The UNHCR says it has received only 41 per cent of its funding needs for the Syria crisis this year.
Sutherland said: "Proximity doesn't count, capacity does count, and I do say that taking refugees is separate from giving money." - Associated Press
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Antonio Guterres, UN high commissioner for refugees, will address the crisis in Europe at 10 a.m. ET. Watch it here.
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Violence and poverty in the Mideast and Africa are driving thousands of #migrants to Europe. apne.ws/1JPoa4M http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COYiKjQVEAA0QhX.jpg
by AP Interactive via twitter 9/8/2015 1:49:03 PM -
- Thomson Reuters
Poland's president Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday he was against migrant quotas
imposed on the European Union's member states.
"In Europe the talk is all the time about fighting the results, and little on how to liquidate the reasons. Europe is in a kind of a closed circle," Duda said. - Thomson Reuters
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Refugee crisis brings out best and worst in Europe cbc.ca/1.3218520by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 2:01:04 PM
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Refugee crisis makes for strange sights on Lesbos: Margaret Evans
As its beaches welcome sunbathers and frightened, desperate people from the Turkish coast, the Greek island of Lesbos has become a strange sight: a vacation destination, and a way station for the Mideast humanitarian crisis. -
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Marching into the unknown. #CBC #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COZAr_EWcAE2JcK.jpg
by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 3:25:29 PM -
Tensions mount on the Hungary-Serbian border
The CBC's Nahlah Ayed is on the border, where migrants wait to board buses to a transit camp, watched over closely by police officers -
Chaos when a bus shows up and everyone tries to get on: with no one organising it. #CBC #refugeecrisisby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 4:42:27 PM
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Refugee crisis bringing out the best and the worst of Europe ... from @NahlahAyed cbc.ca/news/world/ref…by Margaret Evans via twitter 9/8/2015 5:11:23 PM
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by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 6:14:51 PM
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by Angela Johnston via twitter 9/8/2015 6:18:01 PM -
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(See our live blog, with @mevanscbc in Greece, here live.cbc.ca/Event/Refugee_…)by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/8/2015 6:39:50 PM
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- Canadian Press
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the Security Council to take action to end the conflict in Syria.He's calling the conflict "a colossal tragedy for Syria and a shameful symbol of international divisions" that has led to today's refugee crisis in Europe. - Canadian Press
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