Tipping points on the road to Europe’s refugee crisis
Europe is only now being forced to take seriously the refugee crisis that’s been roiling the Mideast and North Africa
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Month: September 2015
Hungary could use migrant crisis for internal crackdown
Opposition Hungarian lawmakers and former senior officials say the country’s populist, right-wing government may use the broad, executive powers granted
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Migrant crisis: Bulgaria issues travel advisory on Germany, Netherlands, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry has issued the latest in a series of travel advisories because of the migrant crisis in Europe,
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PM Borissov: Bulgaria can cope with a refugee quota of 1200
Bulgaria could cope with a quota of 1200 refugees, and in this way the country would show solidarity and understanding
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Swastikas, hate speech cleaned off walls of schools in Sofia
Swastikas and ethnic hate speech graffiti were cleaned off the walls of schools in Bulgaria’s capital city Sofia on September
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7240 first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria in first half of 2015
There were 7240 first-time asylum applications in Bulgaria between the beginning of January and the end of June 2015, according
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More than 213 000 first-time asylum seekers in EU in April – June 2015 – Eurostat
During the second quarter of 2015 (from April to June 2015), 213 200 first time asylum seekers applied for protection
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German FM threatens majority rule decision on refugee quotas
Germany’s foreign minister says if some European Union members continue to be reluctant to agree to a quota system for
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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 18
European Council President Donald Tusk has convened a special meeting of the European Council on September 23 to discuss the
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