Since Syria's conflict began 4 years ago, the U.S. has taken in 1,500 refugees. That number could grow to 8,000 by the end of 2016. Renee Montagne talks to Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn, about her ideas.
The head of the European commission has outlined a plan for more European countries to share responsibility for resettling refugees from the Middle East and Africa. But a number of European Union states have objected to the plan.
With a scarcity of jobs during the Depression, more than a million people of Mexican descent were sent to Mexico. Author Francisco Balderrama estimates that 60 percent were American citizens.
Video footage from the town of Joso, northeast of Tokyo, shows helicopters being used to pluck people from balconies and rooftops as muddy water rages beneath them.
Iraqi violence isn't new, but now there's a perception of an opportunity in Europe for an alternative and many are seizing it. (This piece first aired on Sept. 5, 2015 on Weekend Edition Saturday.)
Some Budapest medical school graduates — doctors from Turkey and Iran — have returned to help colleagues from their alma mater treat refugees at the city's main train station.
With the Iran agreement almost sure to win U.S. congressional approval, Israelis are considering whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed in his efforts to stop the deal from getting traction.
Since the start of the Syrian war, the United States has accepted 1,500 refugees — most of them this year. It could take in 8,000 next year. Many are asking why the U.S. isn't doing more.
Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told the crowd that if the Iran deal goes through, the Obama administration will be the "world's leading financier of radical Islamic terrorism."