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Macedonia overwhelmed by large influx of refugees

September 6, 2015 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Macedonia

The U.N. children’s fund reports authorities in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are being overwhelmed by the heavy influx

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Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria sign agreement on migrants

September 6, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Macedonia, Serbia

Amid chaotic scenes at border crossings and train stations throughout Europe, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria have signed an agreement

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Slovakia’s Fico government firm on anti-migrant stand

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 The Slovak Spectator Hungary, Slovakia

Safe zones that would provide humanitarian aid to people fleeing their homes are a medium term solution to Europe’s migration crisis,

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Ankara angry over refugee crisis

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 Dorian Jones of VOANews Turkey

As the European Union is struggling to deal with a chaotic flood of migrants, Turkey, which is home to more

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5000 migrants a day crossed Aegean into Greece in past week – IOM

September 4, 2015September 6, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Greece

Over the past week, the International Organisation for Migration – Greece estimates that more than 5000 migrants and refugees a

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Refugees continue to arrive in Macedonia

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Macedonia

More than 3000 refugees arrived last night in Macedonia, in order to continue their journey to West European countries. A large

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Hungarians urge ‘quick solution’ for migrant crisis

September 4, 2015September 4, 2015 Deutsche Welle Hungary

Thousands of Budapest citizens and tourists make their way cautiously around thousands of migrants squatting or lying down in the

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Migrant crisis: Why they’re fleeing, where they’re going

September 4, 2015 VOANews

The image of a Syrian toddler’s lifeless body washed up on a Mediterranean beach sent shock waves around the world

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Hungary allows migrants into railway station, blocks travel west

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Migrants hoping to travel westward have flooded into the main train station in Budapest after it was reopened by police,

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