Europol launches European Counter Terrorism Centre
European police agency Europol launched the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) at a January 25 2016 informal meeting of EU
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Refugees in Slovenia face long waits, short-tempered police
A battered train painted with graffiti stops about a kilometer before the Austrian border. There is no train station, no
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Lagarde: ‘Make or break’ point for Schengen
The chief of the International Monetary Fund says she believes Europe’s refugee crisis is placing the continent’s cherished Schengen zone
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Czech Pirate Party being prosecuted over web links
The police are pursuing charges against the Czech Pirate Party because of its operation of a website that has weblinks
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Deaths of migrants and refugees in the Med: January 2016 deadliest on record – IOM
With more than a week left in the first month of 2016, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on
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Austrian politicians backpedal on refugee limits
On Wednesday, Austria’s top politicians announced a cap on the number of asylum-seekers entering the Alpine country in 2016. By
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12 migrants drown off Turkish coast
Twelve migrants lost their lives off the Turkish coast, after a boat taking them to the Greek islands capsized Thursday
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Despite cold, record-breaking numbers of refugees arrive in Greece
As a crowded rubber boat approached the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday, aid workers waved and gave the roughly
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Refugee women seeking safety in Europe risk sexual abuse, violence
The U.N. warns that refugee women and children seeking safety in Europe are at great risk of sexual abuse and
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