Germany Must Set a Positive Example in Latest Refugee Crisis
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The European Union's refugee policies are not only inhumane, they are stripping the bloc of one of the few things that sets it apart many other powers: its respect for human rights․

Europe's Shame: The Moria Catastrophe and the EU's Hypocritical Refugee Policy
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The fire in the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos has revealed the full hypocrisy of the European Union's refugee policy․ Pressure is growing to finally take action․

Europe's Refugee Disaster: Merkel Losing Her Patience with Lack of EU Solidarity
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The German government feels it has been left in the lurch by most of its EU partners on asylum policy․ Even refugee hardliner Horst Seehofer, Germany's interior minister, has some choice words for Austria․

EU Border Agency Frontex Complicit in Greek Refugee Pushback Campaign
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Greek border guards have been forcing large numbers of refugees back to sea in pushback operations that violate international law․ DER SPIEGEL and its reporting partners have learned that the European Union is also complicit in the highly controversial practice․

"It Ruins the Vacation Feeling": Tourists and Refugees Cross Paths on Gran Canaria
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Gran Canaria's tourism industry is doing all it can to survive the coronavirus․ Some luxury hotels are even hosting the increasing numbers of migrants arriving from across the ocean․ It is a clash of two worlds․

Migrants Stranded in Bosnia-Herzegovina: "Animals Have It Better Than Us"
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With the EU having long since blocked off the Balkan Route, more and more migrants have become stranded in Bosnia-Herzegovina․ Some have little choice but to camp out in the forest, where they are exposed to freezing cold and heavy snow․

Missteps and Mismanagement at Frontex: Scandals Plunge Europe's Border Agency into Turmoil
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Accusations of workplace harassment, mismanagement and financial irregularities have led to chaos at Europe's border agency․ The allegations weigh heavily on Frontex head Fabrice Leggeri․

Three Teenage Refugees on Trial in Malta: "How Are We Supposed to Be Terrorists?"
#International #Europe #EuropeanRefugeeCrisis #AsylumandMigration #EuropeanUnion #Malta

Three teenagers stand accused of hijacking a merchant vessel to get to Malta․ They face stiff sentences – even though the case against them still hasn't been proven․ The young men, it seems, have been caught up in a story that is bigger than their own․

Underage Refugees: The Desperate Children of Moria
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One boy has to sell his brother to the smugglers, another leaves his sister behind․ DER SPIEGEL has spent months documenting the fates of four unaccompanied minors from the Moria camp on Lesbos․ Not all of them make it to Germany․