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    Is the US Taking its Fair Share of International Refugees?

    More than a million refugees crowded into Europe last year, and Germany made a deal with Turkey to help reduce the flow. That's forcing migrants to choose a more dangerous route -- from Libya to Italy -- and last week alone, almost a thousand drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 2, 2016 • 32m Listen

    More than a million refugees crowded into Europe last year, and Germany made a deal with Turkey to help reduce the flow. That's forcing migrants to choose a more dangerous route -- from Libya to Italy -- and last week alone, almost a thousand drowned in the Mediterranean Sea. Now the deal with Turkey may be in trouble, but that won't reduce the flight of desperate fugitives from the Middle East and Africa. The US has agreed to take just 75,000 — after exhaustive screening. So few have made it that America's being accused of failing to meet its moral obligations.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Is the US Doing Enough to Help Europe's Refugee Crisis?
    1. 1:53Clinton and Sanders Are Running Neck and Neck in California
    2. 8:45Is the US Taking its Fair Share of International Refugees?You’re reading this
    3. 41:47Siddhartha Mukherjee Talks about the History of the Human Genome
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