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Dozens Of Migrants Saved Off Western Greece: Coast Guard
Dozens of migrants were rescued Saturday off western Greece after their vessel sent a distress call, the coast guard said.
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Germany: 222,000 Asylum-Seekers Arrived In Year's First Half
Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday - reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union cut a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea.
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Migrants Seek New Routes Into Balkans After Formal Borders Sealed
After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.
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Greek Migration Minister Under Fire For Saying 'Macedonia'
As thousands of migrants languish on Greece's border with Macedonia following the closure of the Balkans route to western Europe, Athens has been gripped by another controversy -- what ministers call its neighbour to the north.
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Slovenia To Accept First Migrants In Relocation Quota In April
Slovenia expects to receive the first 40 migrants of its EU quota in April, Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said on Thursday.
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EU Leaders 'To Declare Balkan Migrant Route Closed At Summit'
European Union leaders will today back closing down the Balkans route used by most migrants to reach Europe, diplomats said, as at least 25 more people drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea en route to Greece.
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Angela Merkel Rejects East Europe Plan To Shut Balkans Refugee Route
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday criticised an eastern European proposal to close the Balkans refugee route and vowed to push for a plan with Turkey to reduce the influx at an EU summit.
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Suicide Bomber Passport 'May Have Belonged to Syrian Soldier'
A passport found near the body of one of the Stade de France suicide bombers may have belonged to a Syrian regime soldier killed several months ago, a source close to the investigation told AFP.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Balkans Fighting Amid Migrant Influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that fighting could break out in the Balkans, along the main route of migrants trying to reach Europe, if Germany closed its border with Austria, in remarks published today.
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EU Pushes to End Migrant Chaos With Balkans Plan
The EU on Monday pledged to help set up 100,000 places in reception centres along the migrant route through the Balkans, in a bid to end rising tensions on its eastern frontier over how to deal with the crisis.
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Dozens Of Migrants Saved Off Western Greece: Coast Guard
Dozens of migrants were rescued Saturday off western Greece after their vessel sent a distress call, the coast guard said.
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Germany: 222,000 Asylum-Seekers Arrived In Year's First Half
Some 222,000 asylum-seekers arrived in Germany in the first half of this year, the government said Friday - reflecting a much-reduced influx after the route through the Balkans was largely blocked and the European Union cut a deal with Turkey to cut arrivals by sea.
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Migrants Seek New Routes Into Balkans After Formal Borders Sealed
After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness.
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Greek Migration Minister Under Fire For Saying 'Macedonia'
As thousands of migrants languish on Greece's border with Macedonia following the closure of the Balkans route to western Europe, Athens has been gripped by another controversy -- what ministers call its neighbour to the north.
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Slovenia To Accept First Migrants In Relocation Quota In April
Slovenia expects to receive the first 40 migrants of its EU quota in April, Bostjan Sefic, state secretary at the Interior Ministry, said on Thursday.
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EU Leaders 'To Declare Balkan Migrant Route Closed At Summit'
European Union leaders will today back closing down the Balkans route used by most migrants to reach Europe, diplomats said, as at least 25 more people drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea en route to Greece.
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Angela Merkel Rejects East Europe Plan To Shut Balkans Refugee Route
German Chancellor Angela Merkel Tuesday criticised an eastern European proposal to close the Balkans refugee route and vowed to push for a plan with Turkey to reduce the influx at an EU summit.
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Suicide Bomber Passport 'May Have Belonged to Syrian Soldier'
A passport found near the body of one of the Stade de France suicide bombers may have belonged to a Syrian regime soldier killed several months ago, a source close to the investigation told AFP.
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Angela Merkel Warns of Balkans Fighting Amid Migrant Influx
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that fighting could break out in the Balkans, along the main route of migrants trying to reach Europe, if Germany closed its border with Austria, in remarks published today.
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EU Pushes to End Migrant Chaos With Balkans Plan
The EU on Monday pledged to help set up 100,000 places in reception centres along the migrant route through the Balkans, in a bid to end rising tensions on its eastern frontier over how to deal with the crisis.
