Bulgarian officials aid in expelling migrants from Greece to Turkey
Five members of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry Migration Directorate participated in what a ministry statement described as the first successful operation
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As EU begins deportations, Pakistanis and other migrants call for help
Around 10 a.m. Monday, Agma — a Pakistani electrician in a tiny tent city on a rocky Greek beach —
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Croatian Jews to boycott official Holocaust remembrance
Croatia’s Jews will boycott the country’s official ceremony honoring the victims of the pro-Nazi regime of World War II, accusing
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Greece begins controversial deportations
Greece and the European Union have begun deporting migrants from the islands of Lesbos and Chios, sending them to Turkey
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Controversial migrant deportations begin in Europe
Greek officials say boats carrying scores of migrants have set sail from the Greek island of Lesbos headed to the
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Poles protest against proposed abortion ban
Thousands of Poles protested in several cities on April 3 2016 against a possible complete ban on abortion advocated by the
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Refugees held on Greek island wonder about their future
Men lounge on concrete slabs a few meters from the barbed-wire-topped chain-link fence that surrounds this center in Lesbos, Greece.
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Turkey forcibly sending war refugees back to Syria, Amnesty reports
Turkey has been rounding up and forcibly sending back about 100 Syrian refugees nearly every day since January, according to
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Migrant arrivals across Med eight times higher than in Q1 2015
At least 170 000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first three months of 2016, a
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