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European Commission proposes border control changes

April 6, 2016April 7, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

The European Commission proposed on April 6 what it called “stronger and smarter information systems for borders and security”, intended

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Frontex: 1.82 million irregular crossings in Europe

April 6, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The EU member states registered a record number of 1.82 million irregular border crossings last year, a sharp rise that

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Pope, Ecumenical Patriarch and Greek Church head to visit refugees on Lesbos

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Plans are for Roman Catholic church head Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartolomeos and the head of the Greek Church, Archbishop

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Bulgarian officials aid in expelling migrants from Greece to Turkey

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Five members of Bulgaria’s Interior Ministry Migration Directorate participated in what a ministry statement described as the first successful operation

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Bulgarian, Maltese presidents: EU must do more for countries facing migrant wave

April 5, 2016April 6, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Rossen Plevneliev

The European Union should show more commitment to the problems of the countries through which there are migration flows and

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As EU begins deportations, Pakistanis and other migrants call for help

April 5, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Around 10 a.m. Monday, Agma — a Pakistani electrician in a tiny tent city on a rocky Greek beach —

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Greece begins controversial deportations

April 4, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Greece and the European Union have begun deporting migrants from the islands of Lesbos and Chios, sending them to Turkey

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Controversial migrant deportations begin in Europe

April 4, 2016April 4, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Greek officials say boats carrying scores of migrants have set sail from the Greek island of Lesbos headed to the

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Refugees held on Greek island wonder about their future

April 3, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Men lounge on concrete slabs a few meters from the barbed-wire-topped chain-link fence that surrounds this center in Lesbos, Greece.

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