The European refugee crisis, as it is being called, is dominating headlines on both sides of the Atlantic. People across Europe and the United States have looked, both horrified and heartened, at the same images of drowned toddlers and swarms of volunteers welcoming refugees in many European towns. The crisis is neither new, nor acutely European, but rather a global crisis most dramatically seen in Syria’s neighbor states: Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan. But as unprecedented numbers of migrants and refugees are now arriving in Europe, thousands and thousands each day, it has become a monumental European crisis on two …read more
The Refugee Crisis: Perspectives from Across Europe and the Atlantic
