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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
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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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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300 Pakistanis Feared Dead In Greece Boat Tragedy, 10 Traffickers Arrested
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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Greece Asked To Launch Probe After Video Shows Migrants Abandoned At Sea
In the video, refugees are shown being driven in a white van to a remote spot on the Aegean island before being forced into a high-speed inflatable boat.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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Greek Rescuers Save More Than 100 Migrants In The Aegean
More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.
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11 Dead As Ship Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Greece Coast
The death count from a migrant boat sinking off Greece rose to 11 on Friday, as scores of others, including dozens of children, were rescued, the coastguard said.
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Germany Plans To Take In 1,500 Refugees From Greek Islands
Germany plans to take in 1,500 migrants currently taking shelter on Greek islands, government sources told AFP, in addition to around 150 unaccompanied minors from the burnt-out Moria camp.
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Nearly 2,000 More Migrants Reach Turkey-Greece Border After Gates Open
Around 2,000 more migrants reached the Turkish border with Greece on Sunday after Turkey opened its gates to Europe saying it could no longer cope with refugees from war-torn Syria.
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Over 40 Migrants Found Alive In Refrigerated Truck In Greece: Police
Forty-one migrants were found alive in a refrigerated truck in northern Greece on Monday, said police, who arrested the driver.
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Greece Step Up Border Patrols, Speed Up Deportations To Check Migrants
Greece is to step up border patrols, move asylum-seekers from its islands to the mainland and speed up deportations in an effort to deal with a resurgence in migrant flows from neighboring Turkey.
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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
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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18 Bodies Found In Villages Hit By Wildfires In Northern Greece
Eighteen burned bodies, possibly migrants, were found on Tuesday in a rural area in northern Greece where wildfires were burning out of control for a fourth day, authorities said, as gale force winds fanned blazes across the country.
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300 Pakistanis Feared Dead In Greece Boat Tragedy, 10 Traffickers Arrested
Pakistan authorities arrested 10 alleged human traffickers on Sunday, days after hundreds of migrants were feared drowned off the Greek coast.
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At least 78 Killed After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece Coast
Greek rescuers on Thursday scoured the Ionian Sea for survivors a day after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank, killing at least 78 people, as police arrested nine suspected people smugglers.
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59 Migrants Die As Ship Overturns Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard said 59 migrants died early Wednesday after their boat capsized and sank off the Peloponnese, while around 100 others were rescued.
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Greece Asked To Launch Probe After Video Shows Migrants Abandoned At Sea
In the video, refugees are shown being driven in a white van to a remote spot on the Aegean island before being forced into a high-speed inflatable boat.
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Rescue Underway Of Boat With 400-500 Migrants On Board Off Greek Coast
Greece's coastguard on Tuesday was rescuing a fishing boat with up to 500 migrants onboard in strong winds southwest of Crete, a spokeswoman told AFP.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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50 Missing As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Greece: Report
Up to 50 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the Greek island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, a coastguard official told AFP Wednesday.
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Greek Rescuers Save More Than 100 Migrants In The Aegean
More than 100 migrants were rescued early Sunday off the island of Mykonos in the Aegean Sea and four are missing, the Greek coastguard said.
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11 Dead As Ship Carrying Migrants Sinks Off Greece Coast
The death count from a migrant boat sinking off Greece rose to 11 on Friday, as scores of others, including dozens of children, were rescued, the coastguard said.
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Germany Plans To Take In 1,500 Refugees From Greek Islands
Germany plans to take in 1,500 migrants currently taking shelter on Greek islands, government sources told AFP, in addition to around 150 unaccompanied minors from the burnt-out Moria camp.
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Nearly 2,000 More Migrants Reach Turkey-Greece Border After Gates Open
Around 2,000 more migrants reached the Turkish border with Greece on Sunday after Turkey opened its gates to Europe saying it could no longer cope with refugees from war-torn Syria.
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Over 40 Migrants Found Alive In Refrigerated Truck In Greece: Police
Forty-one migrants were found alive in a refrigerated truck in northern Greece on Monday, said police, who arrested the driver.
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Greece Step Up Border Patrols, Speed Up Deportations To Check Migrants
Greece is to step up border patrols, move asylum-seekers from its islands to the mainland and speed up deportations in an effort to deal with a resurgence in migrant flows from neighboring Turkey.
