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European Leaders Hold Summit To Address Migrant Crisis

7:13pm April 23, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

European leaders are gathering in Brussels to address the crisis. A tentative plan calls for more money for border security in the Mediterranean and possible military action against traffickers.

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Mediterranean Migrants Stay In 'Reception Centers' While Awaiting Asylum

7:03pm April 23, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Carlotta Sami, spokesperson at UNHCR for Southern Europe, about the survivors of what is being called the biggest migrant boat disaster to date in the Mediterranean.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu and his daughter Mpho bust some moves at the 2015 Skoll World Forum.

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Feeling Blue? Share A Laugh With Archbishop Desmond Tutu

10:39am April 23, 2015

by Marc Silver

When he chuckled at a conference last week, the world was a happier place. And when he spoke, he reminded us all how little moments can have a big impact.

Chantel, 3, and Antoni, 7 months, migrated to Spain from their native Cameroon, with their mother Tatiana Kanga, 25. Tatiana was nine months pregnant with Antoni when they crossed the Mediterranean Sea together in an inflatable boat.

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9 Months Pregnant, An African Woman Risks It All And Heads To Europe

10:23am April 23, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Tatiana Kanga paid a Moroccan smuggler $1,290 so she and her toddler daughter could ride in a rubber boat, 14 harrowing hours from Africa to Europe.

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U.N. Representative Blames Syria's Civil War For Massive Migration Crisis

7:41am April 23, 2015

The U.N. says Europe and the West need to change immigration policies to prevent more disaster. Renee Montagne talks to Francois Crepeau, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.

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Migrants New To Spain Say Human Traffickers Are The Scariest Part

7:41am April 23, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Migrants who have made the perilous trip across the Mediterranean say their journeys to Europe were made possible by a network of professional traffickers.

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The Kenyan government closed this money-transfer service to prevent money from reaching the terrorist group al-Shahab in Somalia.

Why Somali Grandmas And Aid Workers Might Be Short On Cash

3:52pm April 22, 2015

by Don Boroughs

Money transfer agencies are the lifeblood of Somalia. But Kenya has shut down 13 East African branches to keep money out of the hands of terrorists blamed for a deadly attack early this month.

<strong><a href="http://apps.npr.org/syria/">READ: With Syria Engulfed In Civil War, Here Are Four Stories Of Families Trying To Stay Together</a></strong><br />More than 200,000 refugees have settled in Europe since the start of the Syrian conflict.

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Smuggler To Desperate Migrants: 'Now I Am Sending You To Your Death'

8:03pm April 21, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

More migrants are leaving from chaotic Libya in a bid to reach Europe. The overcrowded boats are at risk of sinking, and some do. A Syrian man tells of the treacherous journey with his young son.

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More Than 800 Dead In Mediterranean Migrant Tragedy

6:25pm April 21, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Authorities have arrested two alleged smugglers who might be responsible for the deaths. Nearly 2,000 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean since the beginning of the year.

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Personnel at work in the operations room of the Italian coast guard in Rome on Sunday during the coordination of relief efforts after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes off Libyan coast occurred in the Strait of Sicily.

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Hundreds Of Migrants Feared Dead In Capsized Boat Off North Africa

5:30pm April 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The vessel, carrying would-be migrants, appears to have been headed for the Italian island of Lampedusa.