EU refugee crisis

Afghani refugee, Ahmad Wali Temory, has worked in Germany's parliament with the goal of helping preserve the policies that brought him to Germany.

Merkel's party wants to deport migrants to Afghanistan, but this refugee says it's unsafe

A German far-right party won parliamentary seats after campaigning against policies that welcomed refugees. One of those refugees, Ahmad Wali Temory, hopes to preserve the policies that brought Afghans like him to the country.

Merkel's party wants to deport migrants to Afghanistan, but this refugee says it's unsafe
African migrants arriving in Italy from Mediterranean

African migrants are reaching Europe with tales of kidnap and torture in Libya

African migrants are reaching Europe with tales of kidnap and torture in Libya
A settlement for Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Refugee Day: Photos of a historic migration of people seeking safer and better lives

Refugee Day: Photos of a historic migration of people seeking safer and better lives
The Libyan coast guard boards a boat in the Mediterranean while humanitarian groups bring migrants onto their ships.

Libya’s coast guard is ‘endangering lives’ of migrants trying to reach Europe

Libya’s coast guard is ‘endangering lives’ of migrants trying to reach Europe
Save the Children workers rescue migrants on a boat in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya

Aid groups rescue over 1,600 migrants in the Mediterranean in a single day

Aid groups rescue over 1,600 migrants in the Mediterranean in a single day
Migrants look out toward the Maltese island of Gozo, as the boat the Phoenix makes its way toward Italy after rescue operations off the coast of Libya, on May 5.

Fewer migrants are crossing the Mediterranean than last year. But almost as many are dying.

The migrant death rate on the Mediterranean is so far triple that of last year.

Fewer migrants are crossing the Mediterranean than last year. But almost as many are dying.
Syrian refugees arrive on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece

Mental health is the latest casualty of the refugee crisis.

Refugees suffer PTSD and attempt suicide in Greece
Hungarian border hunter recruits take oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Budapest, Hungary, on March 7.

Hungary's Trump-supporting leader will deploy 'border hunters' and refugee detention containers

EU member Hungary will detain asylum-seekers in shipping containers and will arm and deploy border vigilantes to prevent what the government calls an "invasion" of migrants.

Hungary's Trump-supporting leader will deploy 'border hunters' and refugee detention containers
Migrants, hoping to cross into Hungary, walk with babies on their backs along a railway track outside the village of Horgos in Serbia, toward the border it shares with Hungary, on Aug. 31, 2015.

Hungary will detain asylum-seekers in shipping containers

Hungarian prisoners are also building a second "smart fence" complete with night cameras and heat and movement sensors to keep migrants out.

Hungary will detain asylum-seekers in shipping containers
A congregation at the Evangelical Lutheran Trinity Church and Community in Berlin.

This evangelical church in Berlin is helping Iranians looking for asylum

Some of the Iranian Christians in Berlin have been refused asylum elsewhere and need a place to hang out for six months until they can apply for asylum in Germany.

This evangelical church in Berlin is helping Iranians looking for asylum
It's now a usual sight to see soldiers patrol the city streets in France.

Trump’s immigrant ban has echoes of France’s counterterror measures

Like America, France has been hyperfocused on domestic terrorism after several attacks, including Friday's machete incident in Paris. And like the US government, rights groups say, French authorities have clamped down on liberties in the name of public safety.

Trump’s immigrant ban has echoes of France’s counterterror measures
Golzow mayor Frank Schütz, left, leans over to whisper a question to Rasha Haimoud during a holiday concert. She and her husband, Ahmad Haimoud, are refugees who settled in the small former East German town after escaping the war in their native Syria

Worried about its future, this former East German city recruited Syrian refugees

Compared to the rest of Germany, the economy in the former East Germany has struggled. In the small village of Golzow, the population had shrunk to the point where authorities were considering closing the village's only elementary school. That's when the town mayor invited Syrian refugee families to move in.

Worried about its future, this former East German city recruited Syrian refugees
Refugees and migrants try to warm themselves as they take a break at a gas station before abandoning their trek to the Hungarian border, in the town of Indjija, Serbia on Oct. 5.

Refugees are still squeezing through Europe's clamped borders

Despite reports of closed borders in Europe, some refugees are still managing to find their way in — at a cost.

Refugees are still squeezing through Europe's clamped borders
In this photo, migrant families had just crossed the border from Serbia to Croatia, on Sept. 24, 2015.

Trump's new ad plays on Europe's refugee crisis — and the videographer is fuming

A new Donald Trump presidential campaign ad features streams of people walking underneath a bridge, while the Republican candidate’s voice speaks of “massive illegal immigration” to the US.

Trump's new ad plays on Europe's refugee crisis — and the videographer is fuming
Hungarian women leave voting booths at a polling station during a referendum on European Union migrant quotas in Veresegyhaz, Hungary, on Oct. 2.

Not all Hungarians back their leader's campaign against Muslim migrants

In Sunday's referendum, almost all Hungarian voters rejected EU quotas for resettling refugees across the 28-nation bloc. But little more than 40 percent actually voted — well below the threshold needed for the referendum to be valid. And some who did vote spoiled their ballot in protest.

Not all Hungarians back their leader's campaign against Muslim migrants