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Serbia may impose ‘more drastic measures’ against migrants

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Serbia

Serbia’s minister for labour, employment, war veterans and social issues said on September 14 that he would demand from the government

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Bulgaria 

Close to 2800 people applied for asylum in Bulgaria in August 2016

September 14, 2016September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

A total of 2776 people applied for asylum in Bulgaria in August 2016, according to a monthly report by the

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Europe 

Almost 300 000 migrants and refugees reached Europe in past 8 months – IOM

September 14, 2016September 16, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Close to 300 000 migrants and refugees have reached Europe between the start of 2016 and mid-September, with most of them

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Europe 

Luxembourg foreign minister calls for Hungary to be booted from EU

September 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Hungary

Tuesday’s edition of Die Welt newspaper carried an interview with the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, in which he

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Border Police find would-be migrants drowned in Danube

September 13, 2016September 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian Border Police have found the bodies of a man and a boy who drowned in the Danube River, part

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Europe 

Europol: Trends in migrant smuggling into Europe changing

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Between early 2015 and the summer of 2016, the picture of migrant smuggling to and within the EU has undergone

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Europe 

EU grants further 115M euro to Greece to cope with refugee crisis

September 11, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The European Commission has stepped up its funding to improve living conditions for refugees, migrants and asylum seekers in Greece,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria expects further 100 Frontex staff to aid in guarding Turkish border

September 9, 2016September 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria expects a further 100 staff from European border agency Frontex to be involved in guarding its border with Turkey,

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Europe 

Orbán: Hungary is a fortress protecting European culture

September 8, 2016 The Slovak Spectator Europe migrant crisis, Slovakia

The last fortress protecting the European Union from influx of people with a different culture. The fortress which protects European

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