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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
- Wednesday April 10, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The migration minister for Greece, one of the countries worst affected by arrivals of growing numbers of undocumented migrants, on Wednesday hailed a landmark overhaul of EU asylum and migration rules as a "historic day".
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EU Says Nations Can Return Migrants To Greece From March
- Thursday December 8, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The EU recommended on Thursday that member states resume sending asylum seekers back to Greece from March next year, after transfers were halted for five years because of poor conditions there.
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
- Wednesday July 13, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
- Friday June 3, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
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Pope Francis Visits Frontline Of Europe's Migrant Crisis
- Saturday April 16, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, turning the world's attention to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives in the past year.
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Pope Francis, Orthodox Leaders To Visit Greek Front Line Of Refugee Crisis
- Friday April 15, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis and the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians will set aside centuries of dispute on Saturday when they visit a Greek island on the front line of Europe's migrant crisis to highlight the plight of refugees.
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Pope Francis To Visit Greece To Highlight Refugee Crisis
- Wednesday April 6, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis will visit Greece on April 14-15, a Greek government official said on Tuesday, getting a first-hand look at the front line of Europe's migrant crisis and thousands of refugees fleeing conflict.
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How Europe Built Fences To Keep People Out
- Monday April 4, 2016
- World News | Reuters
In early March, Europe's migration chief Dimitris Avramopoulos squelched through a muddy refugee camp on Greece's border with Macedonia and peered through the barbed-wire topped fence that stands between tens of thousands of migrants in Greece and richer countries that lie to the north.
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Greece Delays Sending Refugees Back To Turkey Under EU Deal
- Sunday March 20, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Greece will not be able to start sending refugees back to Turkey from Sunday, the government said, as the country struggles to implement a key deal aimed at easing Europe's migrant crisis.
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Greece Steps Up Efforts To Move Migrants To Sheltered Camps
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
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Portugal's Parliament Could Reject Turkey Refugee Aid, Greek Loans: PM Antonio Costa
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Portugal's divided parliament may refuse to approve Lisbon's contribution to new bailout loans for Greece and a European Union aid package to help Turkey deal with the migrant crisis, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday.
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Migrants Stuck In Greek Makeshift Camp Vow To Stay Put
- Tuesday March 8, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Refugees and migrants stranded at Greece's border with Macedonia vowed to stay put on Tuesday, hours after the European Union and Turkey hailed a tentative accord to stop a scramble by hundreds of thousands of people to reach Europe from war zones.
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'Game Changer': How European Union May Shut Turkish Door On Migrants
- Tuesday March 8, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A European Union draft deal with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece introduces a harder edge of coercion to what critics have derided as a hitherto feeble EU response to a crisis tearing it apart.
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18 Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Official
- Sunday March 6, 2016
- India News | Agence France-Presse
At least 18 migrants died on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, a Turkish official said.
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6,500 Refugees Stuck On Greek-Macedonian Border, 300 Let In
- Monday February 29, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Thousands of refugees are stuck on Greece's border with Macedonia, overflowing from a packed camp into the surrounding fields, as they wait for Macedonian authorities to let them continue their trek through the Balkans.
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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
- Wednesday April 10, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The migration minister for Greece, one of the countries worst affected by arrivals of growing numbers of undocumented migrants, on Wednesday hailed a landmark overhaul of EU asylum and migration rules as a "historic day".
- www.ndtv.com
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EU Says Nations Can Return Migrants To Greece From March
- Thursday December 8, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The EU recommended on Thursday that member states resume sending asylum seekers back to Greece from March next year, after transfers were halted for five years because of poor conditions there.
- www.ndtv.com
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1 Dead, 6 Missing After Migrant Boat Overturns Off Greece
- Wednesday July 13, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
A search and rescue operation was underway off the coast of the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos today, after a boat carrying migrants overturned, leaving a child dead and six people missing.
- www.ndtv.com
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4 Dead, 340 Migrants Rescued As Boat Capsizes South Of Crete In Greece
- Friday June 3, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Four bodies were recovered and 340 people rescued Friday from a sinking migrant boat carrying a "significant number" of people in the Mediterranean Sea south of the Greek island of Crete, authorities said.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pope Francis Visits Frontline Of Europe's Migrant Crisis
- Saturday April 16, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos on Saturday, turning the world's attention to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis which has claimed hundreds of lives in the past year.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pope Francis, Orthodox Leaders To Visit Greek Front Line Of Refugee Crisis
- Friday April 15, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis and the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians will set aside centuries of dispute on Saturday when they visit a Greek island on the front line of Europe's migrant crisis to highlight the plight of refugees.
- www.ndtv.com
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Pope Francis To Visit Greece To Highlight Refugee Crisis
- Wednesday April 6, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Pope Francis will visit Greece on April 14-15, a Greek government official said on Tuesday, getting a first-hand look at the front line of Europe's migrant crisis and thousands of refugees fleeing conflict.
- www.ndtv.com
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How Europe Built Fences To Keep People Out
- Monday April 4, 2016
- World News | Reuters
In early March, Europe's migration chief Dimitris Avramopoulos squelched through a muddy refugee camp on Greece's border with Macedonia and peered through the barbed-wire topped fence that stands between tens of thousands of migrants in Greece and richer countries that lie to the north.
- www.ndtv.com
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Greece Delays Sending Refugees Back To Turkey Under EU Deal
- Sunday March 20, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Greece will not be able to start sending refugees back to Turkey from Sunday, the government said, as the country struggles to implement a key deal aimed at easing Europe's migrant crisis.
- www.ndtv.com
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Greece Steps Up Efforts To Move Migrants To Sheltered Camps
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A.
- www.ndtv.com
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Portugal's Parliament Could Reject Turkey Refugee Aid, Greek Loans: PM Antonio Costa
- Sunday March 13, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Portugal's divided parliament may refuse to approve Lisbon's contribution to new bailout loans for Greece and a European Union aid package to help Turkey deal with the migrant crisis, Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Saturday.
- www.ndtv.com
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Migrants Stuck In Greek Makeshift Camp Vow To Stay Put
- Tuesday March 8, 2016
- World News | Reuters
Refugees and migrants stranded at Greece's border with Macedonia vowed to stay put on Tuesday, hours after the European Union and Turkey hailed a tentative accord to stop a scramble by hundreds of thousands of people to reach Europe from war zones.
- www.ndtv.com
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'Game Changer': How European Union May Shut Turkish Door On Migrants
- Tuesday March 8, 2016
- World News | Reuters
A European Union draft deal with Turkey to stop migrants reaching Greece introduces a harder edge of coercion to what critics have derided as a hitherto feeble EU response to a crisis tearing it apart.
- www.ndtv.com
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18 Dead As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Turkey: Official
- Sunday March 6, 2016
- India News | Agence France-Presse
At least 18 migrants died on Sunday after their boat capsized in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, a Turkish official said.
- www.ndtv.com
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6,500 Refugees Stuck On Greek-Macedonian Border, 300 Let In
- Monday February 29, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
Thousands of refugees are stuck on Greece's border with Macedonia, overflowing from a packed camp into the surrounding fields, as they wait for Macedonian authorities to let them continue their trek through the Balkans.
- www.ndtv.com