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Greece struggles as EU-Turkey refugee deal comes into force

March 20, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Greece has begun moving migrants from its islands to the mainland but will not be able to return refugees to

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EU, Turkey approve migration deal

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey have reached a landmark deal to ease the EU’s ongoing refugee crisis. The accord is

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EU migrant deal with Turkey in sight at Brussels summit

March 18, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Gathered for a make-or-break summit on clinching a migrant deal with Turkey, EU leaders have agreed their position. The bloc

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Eastern Europe opposed to EU refugee plan

March 17, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

Ahead of the EU-Turkey summit, Angela Merkel continues to aim for a pan-European solution to the refugee crisis. Some eastern

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European Union grasps at straws as it seeks solutions to migrant crisis

March 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The European Union’s ongoing struggles to somehow contain, or reverse, the massive flow of refugees fleeing war-torn Middle-Eastern countries is

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Merkel criticises closing of Balkan route

March 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Balkan nations for closing borders to migrants. In the past 24 hours four Balkan

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Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia move to close migrant route

March 9, 2016 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Serbia, Slovenia

EU member Slovenia on Tuesday announced all migrants without a valid Schengen visa would be denied entry as of midnight,

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Slovak PM set for election win with anti-migrant rhetoric

March 4, 2016 Deutsche Welle Slovakia

The center-left Smer party headed by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico looks set to return to power in elections taking

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Thousands stranded in Greece after Macedonia opens border for 250 migrants

March 2, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonian authorities on Wednesday allowed some 250 asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq to cross its border with Greece at

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