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Migrants Find Short-Term Refuge In French Shanty Town

Hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees have now reached northern Europe, and most have found official temporary housing. But in France, 6,000 people are stuck in an unofficial shanty town.

Marcia Fudge Picked To Head U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

The agency's focus will be different from the Trump administration, which fired the head of the interagency council on homelessness and replaced him with an advocate for a more punitive approach.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is one of a few GOP governors who say migrants are the source of rising COVID-19 rates.

Some Republicans Blame Migrants For COVID-19 Surges. Doctors Say They're Scapegoating

Some Republicans are blaming the latest surge in COVID-19 cases on migrants crossing the southern border. But many doctors disagree, saying the politicians are just looking to divert attention.

The head of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, says U.S. authorities encountered migrants more than 212,000 on the U.S.-Mexico border in July — an "unprecedented number."

U.S. Encounters An 'Unprecedented' Number Of Migrants. DHS Says 'It's Complicated'

Immigration authorities encountered migrants more than 212,000 times at the border in July, the highest in 20 years — including nearly 19,000 unaccompanied children, the most ever in a single month.

In 1975, <em>Shoah</em> director Claude Lanzmann interviewed Benjmain Murmelstein, the last surviving Elder of the Jews of the Czech Theresienstadt ghetto, at his home in Rome. The resulting film is <em>The Last of the Unjust.</em>

The Holocaust Recalled, Again, Through The Eyes Of 'The Unjust'

Documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann, known for his long and thorough examinations of the Holocaust and its memory, presents a series of 1975 conversations between himself and exiled Jewish elder Benjamin Murmelstein. (Recommended).

Sharlto Copley <em>(District 9, Elysium)</em> is John, who wakes up in the pit full of corpses that gives <em>Open Grave</em> its decidedly direct title.

In 'Open Grave,' Plenty Of Open Questions

If you didn't wake up in a pit full of corpses today, you're having a better day than the protagonist of Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego's twisty new film — who also can't remember how he ended up in such a regrettable situation.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is planning to ask state lawmakers to approve more than $1 billion in additional aid to combat the state's growing homelessness problem.

California Governor Pushes $1.4 Billion Plan To Tackle Homelessness

As the state's homelessness crisis grows, Gavin Newsom is pushing a plan to subsidize rent and build more affordable housing. The Trump administration has said state leaders are not doing enough.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti's Wit Is Afire In 'Little Boy'

As he approaches his 100th birthday, the legendary Beat poet and publisher has a new book. Billed as his "literary last will and testament," Little Boy is part memoir, part rambling free-association.

More than 20,000 crows, by recent estimates, live alongside the 13 million human inhabitants of Tokyo; <em>Tokyo Waka</em> tells their story — and meditates on the meaning of their persistence in one of the world's greatest cities.

Dark Wings Over Tokyo, With A Dash Of Feline Mystery To Finish

Critic Mark Jenkins reviews a quirky double-bill of animal documentaries. One pairs a visual poem about urban crows in Japan with a travelogue following the daily perambulations of a cat living with a German couple in an American suburb.

Migrants from Africa receive instruction in French in the port city of Calais. Some 3,000 migrants live in a makeshift camp known as "The Jungle." Most are seeking to travel on to Britain, while some are seeking asylum in France.

Living In 'The Jungle,' Migrants In France Seek A Permanent Home

Some 3,000 migrants from the Middle East and North Africa are now camping out in the port city of Calais. Celine Schmitt of the United Nations refugee agency discusses their plight.

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