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Day: March 4, 2016

Bulgaria 

Bulgaria steps up security at strategic sites around the country

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Armed security forces were deployed around various strategic sites in Bulgaria on March 4 as the country stepped up security

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Europe 

European Commission awards 3.5M euro emergency funding to Greece for reception facilities for migrants and refugees

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

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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Europe 

Serbian president Nikolic calls elections for April 24

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Serbia

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic called general elections for April 24, his office said on March 4. The decision came as

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Europe 

Mediterranean migrant arrivals in 2016 near 135 000 and deaths reach 418 – IOM

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The International Migration Organization (IOM) said on March 4 2016 that it estimates that 134, 905 migrants already have crossed

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Europe 

Skopje appeals for refugees to be removed from the border area

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

In the past 24 hours, only 316 refugees from Syria and Iraq have been allowed entry into the territory of

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Europe 

Turkey sentences human traffickers to four years in prison

March 4, 2016March 4, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Turkey has sentenced two Syrians to four years in prison over the deaths of a toddler and his family, who

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Bulgaria 

Syrian, Iraqi refugees in Greece: We won’t go back

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Hungry people are angry people. In the makeshift tent camp just meters from Macedonia, here on the Greek side of

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Europe 

Record number of over 1.2 million first-time asylum seekers in EU registered in 2015 – Eurostat

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

In 2015, a total of 1 255 600 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in EU countries, a

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Bulgaria 

Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria set for joint police-military training border control exercise on March 5

March 4, 2016March 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the

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