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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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Greek political parties gear up for election thriller

September 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Greece

Opinion polls published this week suggest the Greek general election on September 20 will be a very close race to

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Migrant crisis slows down Romania’s Schengen agenda

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Independent Balkan News Agency Romania

Illegal migration and terrorism have a direct effect on Romania’s Schengen agenda. Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu said on September

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Migrants resume protests at Budapest railway station

September 3, 2015September 4, 2015 VOANews Hungary

Hundreds of migrants demanding free passage to Germany protested for a second day Wednesday at Budapest’s main international train station.

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Eurostar trains stopped for possible migrant activity

September 2, 2015 VOANews

Eurostar trains traveling between Britain and France were stopped for several hours overnight because of suspicions that illegal migrants were

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Referendum row in Poland

September 2, 2015 The Warsaw Voice Poland

Poles will go to the polls on September 6 to vote in a controversial referendum that was unexpectedly announced by

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IOM: 350 000 migrants have fled to Europe this year

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 VOANews

The International Organization for Migration said Tuesday that more than 350,000 migrants have made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean

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About 3000 asylum-seekers now pass through Macedonia daily – UNICEF

September 1, 2015September 4, 2015 The Sofia Globe staff Macedonia

The number of “exhausted and desperate” women and children making their way from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq through Macedonia seeking

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Austria struggles to cope with influx of refugees

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 Deutsche Welle

It took only a matter of minutes for Austrian police to find its first van attempting to carry seven smuggled

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