Bulgaria steps up security at strategic sites around the country
Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security
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Day: March 4, 2016
European Commission awards 3.5M euro emergency funding to Greece for reception facilities for migrants and refugees
The European Commission said on March 4 2016 that it has awarded 3.5 million euro in emergency funding to Greece.
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Serbian president Nikolic calls elections for April 24
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic called general elections for April 24, his office said on March 4. The decision came as
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Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016 near 135 000 and deaths reach 418 – IOM
The International Migration Organization (IOM) said on March 4 2016 that it estimates that 134, 905 migrants already have crossed
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Skopje appeals for refugees to be removed from the border area
In the past 24 hours, only 316 refugees from Syria and Iraq have been allowed entry into the territory of
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Turkey sentences human traffickers to four years in prison
Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who
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Syrian, Iraqi refugees in Greece: We won’t go back
Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from Macedonia, here on the Greek side of
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Record number of over 1.2 million first-time asylum seekers in EU registered in 2015 – Eurostat
In 2015, a total of 1 255 600 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in EU countries, a
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Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria set for joint police-military training border control exercise on March 5
Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the
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