Coalition urges Russia to stop targeting Syria opposition
Russia carried out more airstrikes in Syria Friday, as a U.S-led coalition urged Moscow to halt any attacks on the
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Europe
Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, October 2
Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry, State Agency for National Security and prosecutors detained 46 alleged people-traffickers and 501 migrants who had entered
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Germany debates tightening asylum laws
Wide-ranging changes to accelerate and tighten Germany’s asylum laws have been submitted to parliament. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said
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Future of Europe cannot be built on ‘ever-higher walls,’ Greek PM Tsipras tells UN
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras says that his country is striving to bolster regional security and is supporting all efforts
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ECJ: Countries have the right to punish migrants who violate entry bans
The EU’s highest court has ruled that member states have the right to punish illegal migrants who re-enter a country
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Fears over Turkey media freedom grow
A prominent Turkish columnist and television news anchor, Ahmet Hakan, has been beaten up outside his Istanbul home. The attack
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Croatian president: Migrant crisis ‘a textbook example of the consequences of inaction’
Leaders from Croatia and Serbia have joined others – including Bulgaria’s President Rossen Plevneliev – who have told the UN
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Greece opens Olympic venue to migrants
Greek authorities have opened a disused Olympic venue to house more than 400 migrants who have been camping out in
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Hungary government criticised for hyping fear of refugees, Muslims
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban raised eyebrows when he said refugees and migrants flooding through the country are a potential
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