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Scotland Houses Ukrainian Refugees On Cruise Ship Amid Ongoing War
Amid the ongoing war in eastern Europe, a cruise ship chartered by the Scottish government welcomed its first group of Ukrainian refugees on Tuesday.
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"Will Come Back": With Hope For Peace, Ukrainian Refugees Flee, For Now
Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hoping that ongoing peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv may end the war soon, though more people were expected to flee in the days ahead.
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Over 2 Million Refugees Flee Ukraine, Most Of Them Are Children, Women
Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowhere to go, as host countries scrambled to accommodate them.
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Ukrainians Stream Over Borders As Evacuations From Besieged Cities Begin
Ukraine War: Thousands more people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed into central and eastern Europe on Tuesday amid renewed efforts to create safe evacuation routes from cities being bombarded by Russian forces.
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Eastern Europe Braces For Refugee Influx Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.
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European Refugee Crisis A 'Global' Challenge: John Kerry
The United States regards the exodus of Middle Eastern refugees to Europe as a "global challenge," Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday, reassuring his German counterpart of US support.
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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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Far Above Sweden's Arctic Circle, A Ski Resort Hosts Refugees
Far above Sweden's Arctic Circle, two dozen refugees stepped off a night train onto a desolate, snow-covered platform, their Middle Eastern odyssey abruptly ending at a hotel touted as the world's most northerly ski resort.
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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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With Refugees, German Muslim Minority Could be Europe's Largest
When the flood of Middle Eastern refugees arriving in Europe finally ebbs and asylum-seekers settle down in their new homes, Germany could unexpectedly find itself housing the continent's largest Muslim minority.
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Austria Likens Hungarian PM Orban's Refugee Policies to Nazi Deportations
Austria's Chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.
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Cold, Fever and Babies Born on Migrants' Long Journey to Europe
At a makeshift medical centre at Budapest's eastern railway terminus migrant women keep coming with small children and babies, many of whom have a bad cough, fever, diarrhoea or insect bites after being on the road for weeks.
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For These Refugees in France, Dreams of a Better Life in England
On the eastern edge of Calais in France, just off the highway, in what used to be a landfill and is now called "the jungle", about 3,500 refugees live in makeshift camps. No one here is aware of the tragic story of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose photo, lying lifeless on a beach in Turkey, has sent shockwaves around the world.
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France Criticises Eastern Europe, Hungary Over Refugee Policy
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accused eastern European states, notably Hungary, today of a "scandalous" policy towards refugees going against the values of the European Union.
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Sudan Man's Search for 'Better Life' Died in Desert
Alaadeen put himself in the hands of people smugglers to take him somewhere better than impoverished eastern Sudan but he never made it.
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Scotland Houses Ukrainian Refugees On Cruise Ship Amid Ongoing War
Amid the ongoing war in eastern Europe, a cruise ship chartered by the Scottish government welcomed its first group of Ukrainian refugees on Tuesday.
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"Will Come Back": With Hope For Peace, Ukrainian Refugees Flee, For Now
Thousands more refugees crossed into Eastern Europe on Thursday, many hoping that ongoing peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv may end the war soon, though more people were expected to flee in the days ahead.
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Over 2 Million Refugees Flee Ukraine, Most Of Them Are Children, Women
Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowhere to go, as host countries scrambled to accommodate them.
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Ukrainians Stream Over Borders As Evacuations From Besieged Cities Begin
Ukraine War: Thousands more people fleeing fierce fighting in Ukraine streamed into central and eastern Europe on Tuesday amid renewed efforts to create safe evacuation routes from cities being bombarded by Russian forces.
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Eastern Europe Braces For Refugee Influx Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.
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European Refugee Crisis A 'Global' Challenge: John Kerry
The United States regards the exodus of Middle Eastern refugees to Europe as a "global challenge," Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday, reassuring his German counterpart of US support.
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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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Far Above Sweden's Arctic Circle, A Ski Resort Hosts Refugees
Far above Sweden's Arctic Circle, two dozen refugees stepped off a night train onto a desolate, snow-covered platform, their Middle Eastern odyssey abruptly ending at a hotel touted as the world's most northerly ski resort.
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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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With Refugees, German Muslim Minority Could be Europe's Largest
When the flood of Middle Eastern refugees arriving in Europe finally ebbs and asylum-seekers settle down in their new homes, Germany could unexpectedly find itself housing the continent's largest Muslim minority.
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Austria Likens Hungarian PM Orban's Refugee Policies to Nazi Deportations
Austria's Chancellor criticised Hungary for its handling of the refugee crisis on Saturday, likening the country's policies to Nazi deportations during the Holocaust as refugees complained of their treatment in the eastern European country.
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Cold, Fever and Babies Born on Migrants' Long Journey to Europe
At a makeshift medical centre at Budapest's eastern railway terminus migrant women keep coming with small children and babies, many of whom have a bad cough, fever, diarrhoea or insect bites after being on the road for weeks.
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For These Refugees in France, Dreams of a Better Life in England
On the eastern edge of Calais in France, just off the highway, in what used to be a landfill and is now called "the jungle", about 3,500 refugees live in makeshift camps. No one here is aware of the tragic story of Aylan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose photo, lying lifeless on a beach in Turkey, has sent shockwaves around the world.
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France Criticises Eastern Europe, Hungary Over Refugee Policy
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius accused eastern European states, notably Hungary, today of a "scandalous" policy towards refugees going against the values of the European Union.
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Sudan Man's Search for 'Better Life' Died in Desert
Alaadeen put himself in the hands of people smugglers to take him somewhere better than impoverished eastern Sudan but he never made it.
