The UN shocked over clashes between Hungarian police and refugees

The UN shocked over clashes between Hungarian police and refugees

After days of verbal disputes, tensions, and psychological pressures, physical violence has arrived. Hungarian police decided to use violence to placate refugees, which are forced in a camp protected by barbed wire as if they were prisoners, near the city of Horgos, along the border with Serbia.   Refugees tried to break the barriers to

Refugees Welcome is the Airbnb for refugees. And Europe opens its homes

Refugees Welcome is the Airbnb for refugees. And Europe opens its homes

It’s been called the “Airbnb for refugees”. Refugees Welcome, Flüchtlinge Willkommen in the original German, is a non-profit website that connects refugees to people offering spare rooms. It has been active in Germany since November 2014 and in Austria since January 2015, helping around 140 refugees from 21 different countries find places to stay.  

Hungary. The picture of the prisoners building a wall before our very eyes

Hungary. The picture of the prisoners building a wall before our very eyes

One of the main countries, and one of the most debated, chosen by refugees to reach Northern Europe is Hungary. Among the measures taken by Viktor Orbán’s government there is the construction of a wall along the border with Serbia, aimed to contain the flow of people illegally entering the country that, according to local

The much awaited European plan on refugees

The much awaited European plan on refugees

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, held his first speech on the State of the Union the 8th of September. He spoke to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, tackling the humanitarian crisis which sees hundreds of thousands of refugees crowding Europe’s southern borders.   In his speech he outlined the Commission’s plan

Hungarian camera operator fired for tripping over and kicking fleeing refugees

Hungarian camera operator fired for tripping over and kicking fleeing refugees

Petra László is the Hungarian camera operator fired by local television channel N1TV for having deliberately tripped over a man, a fleeing refugee, who was holding a child.   Hundreds of refugees were trying to escape the police’s grip near the Hungarian village of Rőszke, close to the border with Serbia, after having remained confined

The picture of a child, a man, and our humanity

The picture of a child, a man, and our humanity

The picture that will go down in history The image we hope will change history   The picture that shows we are not humane anymore The image that forces us to be humane   Humanity is dead in that picture A strike to our conscience A death that make our conscience bleed   A heart

Syrian refugees exceed 4 million according to the UNHCR

Syrian refugees exceed 4 million according to the UNHCR

People who fled the Syrian civil war, which started over 4 years ago, exceeded 4 million. Of them, 1.8 million went to Turkey, which is now the country that hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. These data have been released by latest report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner