Record number of over 1.2 million first-time asylum seekers in EU registered in 2015 – Eurostat
In 2015, a total of 1 255 600 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in EU countries, a
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Europe migrant crisis: Bulgaria set for joint police-military training border control exercise on March 5
Columns of Bulgarian military vehicles headed along Struma Motorway towards the region near the Kulata border checkpoint ahead of the
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Bulgaria detained 10 406 third-country nationals for illegally entering the country in 2015 – Border Police
Bulgaria took into custody 10 406 non-EU citizens for illegally entering the country in 2015, a figure 73 per cent
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European Council President Tusk heads to Athens for migrant talks
European Council President Donald Tusk visits Greece and Turkey Thursday and Friday to discuss the migrant crisis at its front
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Macedonian president Ivanov: We will not allow the creation of refugee camps
The European Union has turned its attention toward Skopje as the country is facing a refugee crisis and mounting tension
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Migration minister admits refugees may be trapped in Greece for years
Addressing an emergency meeting of Greek mayors on Wednesday, migration policy minister Yannis Mouzalas made a shocking admission that trapped
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Thousands stranded in Greece after Macedonia opens border for 250 migrants
Macedonian authorities on Wednesday allowed some 250 asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq to cross its border with Greece at
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Europe migrant crisis: EC proposes 700M euro emergency assistance for hardest-hit EU countries
The European Commission (EC) said on March 2 that it was proposing a new “emergency assistance instrument” to provide a
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Bulgarian PM orders interior, defence ministers to organise joint exercise at borders facing migration pressure
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has instructed the ministers of interior and of defence to organise joint exercises in border
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