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What Happens When Refugees Arrive in Your Tiny Village
"While there should never have been this much suffering, I feel blessed that I could do something."
America In the Balkans
To someone living in the Balkans, America feels like a protest chant that has been sang so much, it's lost its meaning.
What Remains After the Evacuation of Europe's Biggest Refugee Camp
Idomeni has been cleared—tents, pots, and children's drawings are scattered around the now empty makeshift camp.
Meet the Falafel King of the Idomeni Refugee Camp
At the Idomeni refugee camp on the border of Greece and Macedonia, you’ll find Syrian chef Tamer: frying chicken, mixing yogurt-tahini sauce, and barking orders to his eager cohort of line cooks.
Thousands of Refugees Are Being Removed from the Makeshift Refugee Village of Idomeni
Greek police started removing refugees from the camp near the border of Greece and the Republic of Macedonia on Tuesday. Journalists aren't allowed near the evacuation.
Greek Police Begin Evacuation of Thousands of Migrants from Idomeni
Greek riot police and undercover security officers disguised as migrants are overseeing an operation to evacuate more than 8,000 migrants from a makeshift camp near the border with Macedonia.
European Governments Are Arresting Refugee Crisis Volunteers
It has fallen to ordinary people to provide refugees with food, shelter, and first aid, but now official attitudes are hardening and volunteers are risking arrest, prosecution, and jail.
Macedonian Police 'Relentlessly Tear Gassed' Migrants and Refugees on the Greek Border
Macedonian border guards fired tear gas and rubber bullets to push back hundreds of people from a fence near the sprawling Idomeni camp.
Quick Hit: Stranded Migrants Clash With Greek Police in Idomeni
Stranded refugees charged at riot police on the Greece-Macedonia border on Thursday, demanding authorities permit them to continue on to Western Europe.
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Photos from a friendly football match in the makeshift refugee camp on the Greek/Macedonian border.
Why Activists Are Being Blamed for the Drowning of Three Refugees in Macedonia
Flyers were distributed on Monday at Idomeni refugee camp instructing recipients to meet at a given location to cross a "dry" river and sneak into Macedonia. On Tuesday three people drowned.
Europe's Migrant Crisis Is a Crisis of Conscience, Whether Leaders Admit It or Not
It's time for European leaders to acknowledge the truth — the human rights principles the union was founded upon have been abandoned, and their state of denial is killing innocent people.