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Refugee children get ready to for bed at the transit camp on the Hungarian-Austrian border. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Searching for a way into Europe: A photo dispatch from Hungary

One by one, day by day, Europe is closing its gates to refugees desperately searching for a way in. Confused, exhausted and frightened, at times they don’t even know what country they are in. Two Activestills photographers follow refugees as they make their way toward Germany. Photos and text by Keren Manor & Mareike Lauken /…

By Activestills September 19, 2015

An activist holds a banner during a protest by migrants, refugees and supporting activists against the European agency Frontex, in Warsaw, Poland, May 21, 2015. The march marked a decade since Frontex, the European agency for the management of external borders of the European Union was created. Frontex has been criticized for its role in militarizing the control of borders and failing to assist migrants. More than 1,700 people have died since the beginning of 2015 while trying to reach Europe.

The Month in Photos: Marking the past, demanding a better future

Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, right-wing Israelis celebrate the capture of East Jerusalem, modern-day migrants demand their human rights across the globe, and Palestinian villagers struggle with restrictions on their movement.

By Activestills May 30, 2015

Sign warning of immigrants near the U.S.-Mexican Border. (Photo by Shutterstock.com)

Netanyahu’s xenophobia: Bad in America, bad in Israel

We know what he thinks of Arabs. Read what he thinks of Mexican-Americans. Of all the reasons Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu puts forth for why Israel needs a “Jewish nation-state” law, the most bizarre one is this: “There are those – including those who deny our national rights – who would like to establish autonomy…

By Larry Derfner November 27, 2014

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Interior Minister Eli Yishai at Ben Gurion airport, June 8 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv / activestills.org)

Israeli coalition members speak about refugees

MK Miri Regev, Likud (Video): The Sudanese are a cancer in our body. MK Yulia Shamalov Berkovitch, Kadima (Ynet): All human rights activists [who protect the Africans] should be imprisoned and transported to camps we are building. Interior Minister Eli Yishai, Shas (Maariv): Muslims that arrive here do not even believe that this country belongs to…

By +972 Magazine June 3, 2012