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New businesses open in wake of European migrant crisis

March 2, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

From human smugglers to bus services to the sellers of life jackets, new businesses have popped up everywhere along the

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UNHCR: Greece faces humanitarian crisis amid disarray in Europe over asylum-seekers

March 1, 2016March 3, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Europe is facing a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis as there is a rapid build-up of people in an already struggling

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EU looking for answers to crisis along migrant route

March 1, 2016March 2, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

A day after Macedonian police fired tear gas to push back refugees trying to cross the border from Greece, European

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Chaos and desperation at the Greek-Macedonian border

February 29, 2016March 2, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

Tensions are rising in Idomeni with more than 7000 refugees – mainly from Syria and Iraq – trapped between Greece

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In operation against illegal migration, Bulgaria detains 27 on Turkey – Austria goods train

February 29, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

In an operation against illegal migration, Bulgarian police detained 27 people found travelling on a goods train en route from

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Greek FM says Austrian policy could endanger the unity of the EU

February 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has strongly criticised Vienna’s stance towards Greece, and in particular that of Austrian Interior Minister

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Austrian chancellor Faymann accuses Greece of acting ‘like a travel agency’

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

“I no longer understand the policy of the Greeks. Greece cannot act as a travel agency and send all the

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Refugees protest against new Macedonian border controls

February 28, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

About 300 migrants have staged a sit-in on railway tracks connecting Greece and Macedonia, forcing a train to turn back.

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Med Group: Unilateral actions no cure for migrant crisis

February 27, 2016February 27, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

The foreign ministers of European Union countries that border the Mediterranean Sea warned member states Friday against “unilateral actions” in

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