In news from Germany, the police union and human rights groups are warning of sexual abuse, violence and rape inside refugee shelters. The chief of the police union said authorities responsible for asylum seekers are not adequately addressing the issue of sexual assaults inside the shelters. This comes as thousands of people fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Eritrea and other countries continue to make their way across Europe. A field commissioner from the United Nations said more than 5,000 people are crossing through the Balkans every day.

Seda Kuzucu: “Every day we have around 5,500 people coming, and we are trying to work with authorities for the registration. The weather conditions are getting really difficult. It was rainy for the last two days, but it’s not stopping. And we are getting information from Macedonia that they are traveling by train per day four times, so we are trying to get ready with when the numbers are here. So it’s still an ongoing process.”

The United States is facing accusations of outsourcing its crackdown on refugees who are fleeing violence in Central America by paying the Mexican government to stop people from reaching the United States. We’ll have more with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Sonia Nazario later in the broadcast.