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NATO responds to migrant crisis; ships on way

February 12, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Nato

NATO warships are heading to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece stop human traffickers, marking the entry of

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Europe 

As refugees perish, Greek graveyards fill

February 12, 2016February 12, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece

There’s little room left in the graveyards on this windswept island.  Aid workers on Lesbos struggle to bury the growing

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Bulgaria 

Migration Commissioner Avramopoulos to brief EC on Greek-Bulgarian border blockades

February 11, 2016February 11, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece

Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs, said during a February 11 visit to Bulgaria that he would

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Europe 

Macedonia’s refugee dilemma

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

As Greece continues to struggle with the influx of refugees, some EU countries hope that its northern neighbor Macedonia can

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Bulgaria 

Five Bulgarian Border Police face charges over bribes to assist people-traffickers

February 9, 2016February 10, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

A group of five Bulgarian Border Police staff have been arrested in a special operation over allegations they accepted bribes

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Europe 

35 migrants drown off Turkish coast

February 8, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

At least 35 migrants drowned in the Aegean Sea on Monday trying to reach Greece from Turkey. Turkey’s coast guard

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian police find bodies of two migrants frozen to death near border

February 7, 2016February 9, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis

Bulgarian police found the bodies of two women migrants frozen to death near the Malko Turnovo border crossing with Turkey

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Europe 

EU to Ankara: You must help refugees

February 7, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

European Union officials are urging Turkey to open a border crossing where tens of thousands of Syrian civilians arrived this

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Europe 

Refugee crisis threatens European unity, UN official says

February 7, 2016 Lisa Schlein of VOANews Europe migrant crisis

A senior United Nations official warned that Europe’s hardening attitude toward refugees and migrants is threatening the unity of the

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