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Refugees stuck in Greece scrambling for safe havens

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

War refugees from Syria and Iraq trapped in northern Greece for weeks never held out much hope that meetings between

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Bulgaria 

Leaders in Sofia and Skopje agree on joint measures against migrant-trafficking at border

March 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia

Bulgarian Prime Minister and Republic of Macedonia president Gjorge Ivanov have agreed on joint measures to suppress trafficking of migrants

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Europe 

Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with Turkey

March 17, 2016 Lisa Bryant of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

European Union leaders begin talks Thursday to work out a migrant deal with Turkey that is littered with political, legal

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Just 900 of the 160 000 refugees in Greece and Italy were resettled in other EU countries

March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

The European Commission is calling on EU countries for “urgent decisive action” to accelerate the pace of the resettlement process. The

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Eastern Europe opposed to EU refugee plan

March 17, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

Ahead of the EU-Turkey summit, Angela Merkel continues to aim for a pan-European solution to the refugee crisis. Some eastern

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Europe 

Along Greek-Macedonian border, sense of defeat takes grip

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

He stood for hours in the middle of the train tracks crossing the northern Greek village of Idomeni, just metres

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Europe 

Greece sets up three refugee camps near the Albanian border

March 16, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Greek authorities said that they are working hard to set up three new welcome centres for refugees in the area

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Cabinet proposes to pay close to 6M euro towards EU 3BN euro deal with Turkey

March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Cabinet agreed on March 16 2016 to ask the National Assembly to ratify a contribution of 5.9 million euro

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Bulgarian Cabinet appoints new head of State Agency for Refugees

March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgaria’s Cabinet has appointed Petya Purvanova, who had been interior minister in the 2013 Raykov caretaker cabinet, as the new

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