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European Council President Tusk heads to Athens for migrant talks

March 3, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

European Council President Donald Tusk visits Greece and Turkey Thursday and Friday to discuss the migrant crisis at its front

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New businesses open in wake of European migrant crisis

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

From human smugglers to bus services to the sellers of life jackets, new businesses have popped up everywhere along the

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EU looking for answers to crisis along migrant route

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

A day after Macedonian police fired tear gas to push back refugees trying to cross the border from Greece, European

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Med Group: Unilateral actions no cure for migrant crisis

February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

The foreign ministers of European Union countries that border the Mediterranean Sea warned member states Friday against “unilateral actions” in

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Latvian FM: Substantial Nato presence needed in Baltics

February 26, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

Latvia’s foreign minister says NATO needs to increase its presence in the Baltic region, given Russia’s annexation of Crimea in

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EU ministers meet to work on migrant issues

February 25, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis

European Union ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday to puzzle out the latest strategy for dealing with a massive influx

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Tusk: ‘Brexit’ would change Europe forever and for worse

February 25, 2016 VOANews

A “leave” vote in the June 23 British referendum on continued European Union membership “will change Europe forever” and “for

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Hungary’s PM calls for national referendum on migrant quota

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Hungary’s prime minister has called for a national referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas for migrants and refugees. Speaking

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Afghan migrants, stalled at Macedonian border, sent back to Athens

February 23, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Greek police have begun removing hundreds of migrants from a camp at the country’s border with Macedonia. The migrants, most

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