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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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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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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Migrants Stuck In Greek Makeshift Camp Vow To Stay Put
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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Slovak Prime Minister Sees Need For Plan B To Protect EU Borders
Turkey and Greece may not be able to contain the flow of migrants into the European Union so a "plan B" needs to be readied to help protect Bulgaria and Macedonia's borders, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.
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Rough Seas, Harsh Winter, Border Limits Add To Migrant Woes
Rasul Orwani thought he had faced the worst after braving cold, rough seas in a rickety wooden boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, and then came the Balkans.
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Protests Planned At Greek Border After More Migrants Drown
Left-wing protest groups in Greece are planning two days of demonstrations at the country's border with Turkey, to call on authorities to ease transit restrictions in the wake of two deadly boats sinking that left at least 46 migrants and refugees dead.
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Migrants Stream Into Balkans, Germany Braces for Far-Right Rally
Thousands of migrants again streamed into the Balkans on Monday where tighter border controls caused tense bottlenecks, as Germany braced for anger at an anniversary rally of the anti-refugee PEGIDA movement.
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Turkey Police Block New Migrant March to Greek Border
A new march by migrants trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul Monday
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Police And Migrants in Stand-Off Near Turkey's Greek Border
Hundreds of mainly Syrian migrants spent the night out in the open near Turkey's Greek border after police halted their bid to reach the frontier and cross into the European Union.
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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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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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59 Rescued From Migrant Dinghy Off Greek Island
Greece's coast guard says it has rescued 59 migrants in an inflatable dinghy in rough weather in the Aegean Sea.
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Migrants Stuck In Greek Makeshift Camp Vow To Stay Put
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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Slovak Prime Minister Sees Need For Plan B To Protect EU Borders
Turkey and Greece may not be able to contain the flow of migrants into the European Union so a "plan B" needs to be readied to help protect Bulgaria and Macedonia's borders, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday.
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Rough Seas, Harsh Winter, Border Limits Add To Migrant Woes
Rasul Orwani thought he had faced the worst after braving cold, rough seas in a rickety wooden boat to travel from Turkey to Greece, and then came the Balkans.
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Protests Planned At Greek Border After More Migrants Drown
Left-wing protest groups in Greece are planning two days of demonstrations at the country's border with Turkey, to call on authorities to ease transit restrictions in the wake of two deadly boats sinking that left at least 46 migrants and refugees dead.
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Migrants Stream Into Balkans, Germany Braces for Far-Right Rally
Thousands of migrants again streamed into the Balkans on Monday where tighter border controls caused tense bottlenecks, as Germany braced for anger at an anniversary rally of the anti-refugee PEGIDA movement.
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Turkey Police Block New Migrant March to Greek Border
A new march by migrants trying to reach Europe overland from Turkey was blocked by police outside Istanbul Monday
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Police And Migrants in Stand-Off Near Turkey's Greek Border
Hundreds of mainly Syrian migrants spent the night out in the open near Turkey's Greek border after police halted their bid to reach the frontier and cross into the European Union.
