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France Vows to Protect Banksy's Steve Jobs Migrant Mural

Artist put it up at refugee camp in Calais

(Newser) - Banksy's latest high-profile mural makes a point about the plight of Syrian refugees though the example of Steve Jobs—and authorities in France are making sure the mural sticks around for a while. The artist painted a life-size mural of Jobs, whose biological father was a Syrian native, at...

Canada PM Greets 1st Planeload of Refugees

Trudeau has promised to resettle 25,000 in coming months

(Newser) - The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrived in Toronto late Thursday, where they were greeted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is pushing forward with his pledge to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February. The arrival of the military flight carrying 163 refugees comes...

Despite Lawsuit, Syrian Refugees Arrive in Texas

Texas alters strategy against resettlement agency

(Newser) - Hide your husbands, hide your wives: A family of six Syrian refugees is arriving in Dallas today as Texas shifts its legal strategy against refugee resettlement, the Dallas Morning News reports. The family—which includes two small children and has a relative in Dallas—came over with a relief agency...

Texas Sues to Keep Out Syrian Refugee Family

They could cause 'irreparable injury,' lawsuit says

(Newser) - Texas could suffer "irreparable injury" if three generations of a family that fled the Syrian civil war are allowed to fly to Dallas from Jordan on Friday, according to the state's lawyers. Texas has filed a lawsuit to prevent the refugees—a man named Tamman, his wife, their...

Texas Threatens to Sue Refugee Resettlement Group

Critics say the warning should raise 'serious concerns'

(Newser) - Last week, the Obama administration reminded states they don't have the legal authority to turn away Syrian refugees. But that's not stopping Texas officials from doubling down on efforts to block refugees, and their latest move includes a threatened lawsuit against the Dallas branch of a resettlement group,...

Brawls Erupt at Refugee Shelters

Police make several arrests at Berlin facility

(Newser) - Cops responded to two brawls at refugee centers in Berlin on Sunday—one so big that more than 100 officers arrived at the scene, the Guardian reports. Several arrests were made at the former Tempelhof airport, where "many hundreds of people [were] involved," according to a police spokesman....

Canada: No Single Syrian Men, Unless They're Gay

Nation puts emphasis on taking women, kids, and families

(Newser) - Canada is expected to roll out a new policy on accepting Syrian refugees Tuesday, and it's got an unusual twist—lone, single males need not apply, unless they happen to be gay. The idea behind the policy is to reduce the risk of extremists slipping into the country by...

Latest Syrian Victim: 4-Year-Old Girl Washes Ashore

Sena had been missing since ship sank en route to Greece Wednesday

(Newser) - A boat ferrying mostly Syrian migrants to a Greek island sank on Wednesday, and Sunday brought the discovery of a tiny victim of the tragedy: The body of a 4-year-old girl, identified by a survivor as Sena, who was found by amateur fishermen washed up among rocks of the Turkish...

Couple Downsizes Big Wedding to Sponsor Syrian Refugees

They're raising $27,000 to sponsor a family of 4 instead

(Newser) - The idea came to them in September, when Samantha Jackson and Farzin Yousefian saw the tragic photo of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi's lifeless body washed ashore after he and his family fled their home in Syria. Instead of spending tens of thousands of dollars on a big, catered wedding in...

47 Democrats Buck Obama on Syrian Refugees

House easily passes measure to tighten screening

(Newser) - The House overwhelmingly approved legislation Thursday to make it harder for Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the United States. The AP calls the 289-137 vote a "stinging rebuke" to President Obama, and the Hill points out that 47 Democrats bucked the White House and supported the measure. It...

Anne Frank Provides a Lesson in Refugee Debate
Anne Frank Provides a Lesson in Refugee Debate
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Nov 19, 2015 12:55 PM CST

Anne Frank Provides a Lesson in Refugee Debate

US reluctance to help in World War II a 'moral stain,' argues writer

(Newser) - With the debate about whether the US should accept refugees from Syria at high pitch, Boing Boing digs up a 2007 article from Reuters about a famous would-be refugee: Anne Frank. The story details how her father, Otto Frank, wrote to a friend asking for money to help with a...

George Takei Has Epic Reply for Anti-Refugee Mayor

David Bowers uses Japanese internment to defend blocking refugees

(Newser) - Twenty-six state governors calling for the US to close its borders to Syrian refugees were joined by the mayor of Roanoke, Va., on Wednesday, who quickly felt the wrath of Khan, er, George Takei. In a letter, per the Roanoke Times , David Bowers wrote that he is "reminded that...

Speaker Ryan: Let's 'Pause' a Bit on Syrian Refugees

'We cannot let terrorists take advantage of our compassion': Paul Ryan

(Newser) - House Speaker Paul Ryan called Tuesday for a "pause" in Syrian refugees coming to the US in the wake of the Paris attacks . "Our nation has always been welcoming, but we cannot let terrorists take advantage of our compassion," Ryan, R-Wis., told reporters after a closed-door House...

Family Has Been Stranded in Moscow Airport for 50 Days

Family says Russian authorities believe their visas are fake

(Newser) - For the past 50 days, a Syrian couple and their four children have spent almost every waking hour in a small corner of Moscow's airport. Until a week ago, the family—including three boys, aged 7 to 12, and a 3-year-old girl—also slept there, though Russian officials have...

Kickstarter Will Help You Help Refugees

Crowdfunding site teams up with White House

(Newser) - Kickstarter is crowdfunding for Syria, at the request of the White House, which asked if the crowdfunding website could find ways for the US public to help Syrian refugees, the Guardian reports. The result: this special Kickstarter page launched Tuesday, through which people can donate money that will go to...

Refugee Crisis Over? Nope, Far From It

Germany may get 1.5M migrants this year: politician

(Newser) - One month after the body of 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach—and a week after the European Union agreed to secure its borders—the migrant crisis has largely fallen off the front pages and reporters are going home. But the human tide keeps rolling northward and...

Trump: I'll Send All Syrian Refugees Back

They could be ISIS army in disguise, he says

(Newser) - People fleeing the Syrian civil war no longer have a place in Donald Trump's America. The candidate has done a U-turn on his refugee policy and now says he'll send them all back to Syria because they could be ISIS militants in disguise, the BBC reports. "I'...

Syria's Top Google Searches Tell Sad Story

The desperation is apparent

(Newser) - The horrors of the Syrian conflict show up in an odd place: Google, where the top searches out of war-torn nation over the past two weeks are heartbreaking, reports Al-Jazeera —and show how desperately people want to flee the country.
  • The two most popular searches: "immigration to Germany"
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EU Could Force Reluctant Nations to Take Migrants

Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Romania vote against plan

(Newser) - The European Union may force four countries—the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia—to take in migrants from the Middle East and Africa against their will. EU ministers voted today to approve a plan to reapportion 120,000 migrants among member countries based on population and wealth, the New ...

Kerry: US Will Take Way More Refugees Than We Planned

Secretary of State apparently bows to public pressure

(Newser) - Scrambling to address a growing Syrian refugee crisis, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced today that the US will significantly increase the number of worldwide refugees it takes in over the next two years, though not by nearly the amount many activists and former officials have urged. The US...

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