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Turkey forcibly sending war refugees back to Syria, Amnesty reports

April 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Turkey has been rounding up and forcibly sending back about 100 Syrian refugees nearly every day since January, according to

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Europe 

Migrant arrivals across Med eight times higher than in Q1 2015

April 1, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

At least 170 000 migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea in the first three months of 2016, a

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Europe 

Survey: 9 out of 10 refugees want to return home

April 1, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis

The vast majority of the refugees say they would like to return home at some point when the war has

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Europe 

Europe prepares to deport migrants

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

On Monday, the European Union and Greece are scheduled to begin sending migrants, including Syrians, from the Greek Isles to

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Bulgaria 

Europol chief ‘impressed’ by Bulgaria’s progress against cigarette smuggling, people-trafficking

March 31, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Visiting Bulgaria, Europol director Rob Wainwright said that he was impressed by the country’s progress against cigarette smuggling and human

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Bulgaria 

European energy union a ‘shared priority’ for Bulgaria, Croatia

March 30, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Croatia, energy, Europe migrant crisis, Rossen Plevneliev

The building of a European Energy Union and regional energy market is a shared priority for Bulgaria and Croatia, Bulgarian

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Europe 

Greek police clash with migrants blocked at Macedonia border

March 30, 2016March 30, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Greek police patrolling the country’s northern border clashed Tuesday with several hundred migrants — many of them fleeing war in

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Europe 

US gives $20M more in Europe migrant aid

March 29, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The United States is providing an additional $20 million to Europe to aid international efforts to respond to the migrant

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Europe 

Greece busts ring selling fake documents to refugees

March 28, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

At least nine people alleged to be members of an organised group that falsified and distributed false documents to immigrants and

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