PBS NewsHour

Europe grapples with how to help refugees fleeing conflict

Clip: 09/02/2015 | 7m 34s

The steady flow of desperate migrants and asylum seekers has sparked humanitarian and economic tensions in Europe. Gwen Ifill talks to Nancy Lindborg of the United States Institute of Peace and Astrid Ziebarth of the German Marshall Fund for a closer look at the crisis, including how different European governments are responding and whether the U.S. could take more refugees.

Aired: 09/02/15

Rating: NR

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