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EU Says Nations Can Return Migrants To Greece From March
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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Greece To Employ Loudspeakers At Border After Rumour Chaos
Greece said today it would make use of loudspeakers at a migrants' camp on the Macedonia frontier to dispel "irresponsible rumours" that the border is about to reopen.
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EU, Turkey Strike 'Historic' Deal To Send Back Migrants
Turkish and EU leaders agreed a "historic" deal to curb the huge flow of asylum seekers to Europe, which will see all migrants arriving in Greece being sent back to Turkey from Sunday.
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Greece Seeks To Stem Migrant Flow From Islands To Mainland
Greece asked its passenger ferry companies and travel agencies today to cut back on bringing migrants and refugees from frontline islands to the mainland and said its own chartered ships would stay put for a few days.
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Four Of Greece's Five 'Hotspot' Migrant Centres Ready: Minister
Four of Greece's five new migrant registration centres are "ready to function and welcome refugees", Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said today, as Athens comes under intense pressure to control the massive influx to Europe.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Greece Carries Out First Relocation of Refugees to Luxembourg
Greece relocated six asylum-seeking families to Luxembourg today, the first such transfer from its soil under an European Union plan to ease the burden on nations inundated by an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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4 Refugees Drown, 6 missing Off Greece-Coastguard
Four refugees drowned and another six were missing off the Greek island of Farmakonisi after their boat sank, the Greek coastguard said today.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Over 700,000 Migrants Reached Europe's Shores in 2015: United Nations
Some 562,355 people desperately fleeing war and misery reached Greece's shores, while around 140,000 arrived in Italy this year.
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12 Migrants Drown as Boat Sinks off Turkey: Report
Twelve migrants drowned today when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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Greece to Ready Refugee Centres by November as European Union Pledges Help
Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras said today Athens would upgrade its refugee facilities by November to tackle the growing influx from Syria as the EU pledged 600 extra staff to help.
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EU Says Nations Can Return Migrants To Greece From March
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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Greece To Employ Loudspeakers At Border After Rumour Chaos
Greece said today it would make use of loudspeakers at a migrants' camp on the Macedonia frontier to dispel "irresponsible rumours" that the border is about to reopen.
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EU, Turkey Strike 'Historic' Deal To Send Back Migrants
Turkish and EU leaders agreed a "historic" deal to curb the huge flow of asylum seekers to Europe, which will see all migrants arriving in Greece being sent back to Turkey from Sunday.
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Greece Seeks To Stem Migrant Flow From Islands To Mainland
Greece asked its passenger ferry companies and travel agencies today to cut back on bringing migrants and refugees from frontline islands to the mainland and said its own chartered ships would stay put for a few days.
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Four Of Greece's Five 'Hotspot' Migrant Centres Ready: Minister
Four of Greece's five new migrant registration centres are "ready to function and welcome refugees", Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said today, as Athens comes under intense pressure to control the massive influx to Europe.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Greece Carries Out First Relocation of Refugees to Luxembourg
Greece relocated six asylum-seeking families to Luxembourg today, the first such transfer from its soil under an European Union plan to ease the burden on nations inundated by an influx of hundreds of thousands of refugees.
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Austria Rethinks Asylum Rules as Migrants to Relocate From Greece
Austria sought to tighten asylum rules in the face of a record influx of migrants, hours before the first refugees are set to be relocated from Greece today under a faltering EU plan to ease the burden on southern countries.
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4 Refugees Drown, 6 missing Off Greece-Coastguard
Four refugees drowned and another six were missing off the Greek island of Farmakonisi after their boat sank, the Greek coastguard said today.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Over 700,000 Migrants Reached Europe's Shores in 2015: United Nations
Some 562,355 people desperately fleeing war and misery reached Greece's shores, while around 140,000 arrived in Italy this year.
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12 Migrants Drown as Boat Sinks off Turkey: Report
Twelve migrants drowned today when their boat sank off the Turkish coast as they were seeking to reach Greece, while around 25 others were rescued, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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Greece to Ready Refugee Centres by November as European Union Pledges Help
Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras said today Athens would upgrade its refugee facilities by November to tackle the growing influx from Syria as the EU pledged 600 extra staff to help.
