| Europe confronted the migrant crisis head on. Officials from Austria and Germany warned they couldn’t keep up with the steady stream of refugees crossing the border. Munich police said 28,500 people arrived in the past week— 17,800 of them on Saturday and Sunday alone. Germany expects up to800,000 refugees could arrive by the end of the year, and officials agreed tospend $6.6 billion to support them. |
- The U.K., acting on a “moral responsibility,” agreed to accept 20,000 refugees from Syria over the next five years.
- Pope Francis called on parishes to house refugees, but the call was heeded by others too. Finland Prime Minister Juha Sipilä offered his spare home as a sanctuary for refugees, while one of Egypt’s richest men, Naguib Sawiris, offered to buy an island for the stateless.
- As more European countries step up to help, critics have noted that some of the wealthiest countries in the Middle East have done the opposite.
- When asked about their refugee policy, only two presidential candidates said the United States should help with the crisis.
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Posted By: Jeni Fa
Tuesday, September 8th 2015 at 9:14AM
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