Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch and Greek Church head to visit refugees on Lesbos
Plans are for Roman Catholic church head Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos and the head of the Greek Church, Archbishop
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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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