To the Point
Will Europe Close Its Borders to Migrants and Refugees?
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?
By Barbara Bogaev • • 51m ListenRecord 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.
Also, China and Russia use hacked data to identify American spies. On today's Talking Point: the man who introduced us to so many wonders of the mind and the heart. A scientist and a bookworm look back on the life and legacy of writer and scientist Oliver Sacks.
Photo: Asylum seekers wait outside a train station in Budapest, Hungary, on August 28, 2015. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters)
