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Cyprus may torpedo EU-Turkey deal

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016 Bernd Riegert of Deutsche Welle Cyprus, Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Two days before the next refugee summit between the EU and Turkey, it is far from certain that a deal

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Europe 

EU migration chief pleads for open borders

March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

The European Union migration commissioner is pleading with Balkan countries to open their borders to more than 13,000 refugees trapped

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Europe 

Greek hoteliers offer respite to weary migrants

March 15, 2016March 15, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Locals in northern Greece are divided about the flood of war refugees. Some say asylum-seekers cause chaos and steal. Others

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria presses plea for EU backing for stopping migrants being redirected to Bulgarian borders

March 14, 2016March 15, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has put to European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini his country’s plea that a

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Refugees on Serbia – Macedonia border isolated in improvised tents in dire conditions

March 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Macedonia, Serbia

Hundreds of refugees continue to stay for days under the snow and rain and in open sky in the camp

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Europe 

European Union grasps at straws as it seeks solutions to migrant crisis

March 13, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis

The European Union’s ongoing struggles to somehow contain, or reverse, the massive flow of refugees fleeing war-torn Middle-Eastern countries is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM: All EU frontline countries should be able to rely on EU support

March 12, 2016March 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis

As an external border of the European Union, Bulgaria has made serious efforts and is strictly applying all the provisions

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Europe 

Border closures heighten fear refugees may use Adriatic Connection

March 12, 2016 Jamie Dettmer of VOANews Albania, Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Rights groups and organized crime experts are expressing rising alarm at the prospect of Syrian and Iraqi war refugees —

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Europe 

Macedonia begrudges ‘paying’ for EU’s mistakes

March 11, 2016March 11, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Macedonia’s president says his country has been forced to pay for the actions of the European Union in the current

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