Syrian Refugees Despair as Europe Closes Door

Yahya Khedr has traveled for more than two years, through five countries and with six forged passports to get his family from the war-ravaged Syrian city of Homs to Europe.   But now that his wife and five children have reached Melilla, a small Spanish enclave on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, their chance of a European life seems as remote as ever.   “People make it to Melilla hoping to find Europe,” said Khedr, who before his country's war owned a...

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