The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is developing a plan right now for taking in at least 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next year, within existing budget constraints, Secretary Jeh Johnson told Reuters on Tuesday. While some lawmakers have expressed concern about opening a...

 U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the migrant crisis had worsened and required cooperation from European nations and the United States to address. Obama made his remarks during a meeting with Spain's King Felipe VI. The president said he hoped to visit Spain before the end of...

Germany today threatened cash penalties for countries which refuse to support a compulsory quota system to distribute asylum seekers around EU nations. Thomas de Maiziere, the German interior minister, said he supported the idea of exerting pressure by cutting the funding reluctant nations...

Images of a father struggling to hold his baby above the waves and of drowned Syrians washed ashore have not deterred Racha Sattout from gambling her life to seek sanctuary in Germany after fleeing a Syria ripped apart by war. For her and thousands of others waiting to cram onto rubber...