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Refugee wave heading for Erdine

September 16, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece, Turkey

The prefecture of Edirne has given a three-day deadline to the 3000 refugees who have arrived by car at the

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Europe’s migrant crisis: Roundup, September 16

September 16, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Turkey

Hundreds of migrants streamed into the European Union Wednesday through the cornfields of Croatia, welcomed there after Hungary blocked its

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European far right seeks to inflame nativist fears

September 16, 2015 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews

Mustafa, a Syrian Kurd from the border town of Kobani and father of seven, is planning to join thousands of

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UN refugee agency urges Europe to develop coherent response to refugee crisis

September 15, 2015September 17, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

While welcoming the steps taken by European leaders at their meeting in Brussels to tackle the current refugee crisis, the

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EC statement on reintroduction of border controls by Austria

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Hungary

This is the full text of the statement on September 15 by the European Commission on the reintroduction by Austria

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Romania: Hungary’s fence ‘unfair’

September 15, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Hungary, Romania

Romanian authorities disapprove of Hungary’s intention to build a fence on their common border, following the crisis situation at the

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Hungary to build anti-immigrant fence on Romanian border

September 15, 2015September 15, 2015 Deutsche Welle Hungary, Romania, Serbia

Hungary has announced that it will build a fence on part of its border with Romania. The move comes as

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Serbia says unable to handle migrant influx

September 15, 2015 VOANews Hungary, Serbia

Serbia says it is not able to handle the vast number of migrants gathered on its sealed border with Hungary,

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Frontex: More than half a million migrants at EU’s borders so far in 2015

September 15, 2015September 16, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff

More than 500 000 migrants were detected at EU external borders in the first eight months of this year after

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