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Day: September 16, 2015

Europe 

A tent camp for refugees in the EU capital

September 16, 2015 Deutsche Welle

Only a few minutes by metro from the EU quarter in Brussels, a tent camp has sprung up outside the

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Europe 

Refugee wave heading for Erdine

September 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

The prefecture of Edirne has given a three-day deadline to the 3000 refugees who have arrived by car at the

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Europe 

Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 16

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey

Hundreds of migrants streamed into the European Union Wednesday through the cornfields of Croatia, welcomed there after Hungary blocked its

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Bulgaria 

Police chiefs of two Bulgarian towns arrested

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Plovdiv

The chiefs of police of the Bulgarian towns of Assenovgrad and Purvomai were arrested on September 16 and face possible

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry: Identities of refugees carefully checked

September 16, 2015September 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The identities of refugees entering and leaving Bulgaria are examined very carefully, Interior Minister Roumyana Buchvarova said on September 16.

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Bulgaria 

White House nominates Eric Rubin as new US ambassador to Bulgaria

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

The White House has announced that president Barack Obama has nominated Eric Seth Rubin as the new US ambassador to

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Bulgaria 

Migrant crisis: Bulgaria warns on Serbia – Hungary border crossing

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Serbia

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has warned motorists of difficulties at Horgos, the main border crossing between Serbia and Hungary. In an

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Europe 

European far right seeks to inflame nativist fears

September 16, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

Mustafa, a Syrian Kurd from the border town of Kobani and father of seven, is planning to join thousands of

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