Refugees in Europe: Problem or Blessing?

When some 70,000 refugees swam from Morocco to the tiny Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week, 100 or more died in the attempt, and the world awakened once more to Europe’s “problem.” Over the last decade, tens of millions of refugees have made their way to Europe, many of them Muslims fleeing violent nations inContinue reading “Refugees in Europe: Problem or Blessing?”

Financial Crisis in Lebanon

Lebanon, which has hosted more than a million refugees from the war in Syria, has been in deep financial crisis for three years. As a result, many desperate Lebanese families have joined Syrian and Palestinian refugees in search of asylum in Europe. Recently, a small boat carrying 150 refugees from Lebanon, Syria and Palestine capsizedContinue reading “Financial Crisis in Lebanon”