Will Europe Close Its Borders to Migrants and Refugees?

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Record numbers of migrants and refugees are fleeing war­torn and impoverished countries for Europe, sometimes losing their lives in the process. Can the European Union agree on a unified immigration strategy and maintain its open border policy while also cracking down on human trafficking? Guest host Barbara Bogaev looks at Europe's migrant crisis.

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Photo: Asylum seekers wait outside a train station in Budapest, Hungary, on August 28, 2015. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)