Migrants, refugees crossing Med to Europe at vastly higher rate than in 2015 – IOM
Migrant and refugee arrivals in Greece and Italy have exceeded 120 000 in 2016, having reached the 100 000 milestone
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Europe migrant crisis: Nato deploys vessels in Aegean to assist against people-trafficking networks
Nato vessels have been deployed in the Aegean Sea following a decision by the alliance’s defence ministers to assist in
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Europe migrant crisis: EU ministers propose strengthened checks at external borders
European Union justice and home affairs ministers agreed on February 25 2016 to propose obliging EU countries to carry out
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EU ministers meet to work on migrant issues
European Union ministers are meeting in Brussels Thursday to puzzle out the latest strategy for dealing with a massive influx
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Bulgarian Parliament votes to enable military to assist in border security
Bulgaria’s National Assembly voted on February 25 to enable the deployment of the country’s military to assist in securing its
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Price tag of lengthening Bulgarian – Turkish border fence ‘rises to 100M leva’
Bulgaria’s government has voted an additional 35 million leva for extending the fence along the Turkish border, bringing spending on
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Hungary’s PM calls for national referendum on migrant quota
Hungary’s prime minister has called for a national referendum on the European Union’s mandatory quotas for migrants and refugees. Speaking
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Slovak personalities protest against a wire curtain
“The abolition of the iron curtain, the accession to the European Union and the Schengen Area meant a real return
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Amnesty International slams Bulgaria over push-backs of refugees, treatment of Roma, hate crimes
Amnesty International’s 2015/16 annual report has sharply criticised Bulgaria over allegations of push-backs of refugees and migrants by Border Police,
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