Bill Frelick

Human Rights Watch

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Director of the Refugee Program at Human Rights Watch

Bill Frelick on KCRW

Countries of Europe are desperate to end the flood of immigration from Syria and other war zones, which last year exceeded a million people.

A Migration Deal…a Compromise in Values?

Countries of Europe are desperate to end the flood of immigration from Syria and other war zones, which last year exceeded a million people.

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Tens of thousands of children face murderous street gangs, extortion and sexual violence in Central America.

Is the US Breaking a Promise to Children at Risk?

Tens of thousands of children face murderous street gangs, extortion and sexual violence in Central America.

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Last week's discovery of  71 bodies in an abandoned truck  in Austria is just the latest tragic proof that Europe's migration crisis has broadened from the Mediterranean to human…

Europe's Migrant Crisis: The EU's Greatest Test Yet

Last week's discovery of 71 bodies in an abandoned truck in Austria is just the latest tragic proof that Europe's migration crisis has broadened from the Mediterranean to human…

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