Doubts grow as EU leaders meet on migrant deal with Turkey
European Union leaders begin talks Thursday to work out a migrant deal with Turkey that is littered with political, legal
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Greece
Just 900 of the 160 000 refugees in Greece and Italy were resettled in other EU countries
The European Commission is calling on EU countries for “urgent decisive action” to accelerate the pace of the resettlement process. The
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Along Greek-Macedonian border, sense of defeat takes grip
He stood for hours in the middle of the train tracks crossing the northern Greek village of Idomeni, just metres
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Greece sets up three refugee camps near the Albanian border
Greek authorities said that they are working hard to set up three new welcome centres for refugees in the area
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EU migration chief pleads for open borders
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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Bulgarians cut back bookings for Easter holidays in Turkey, Greece – reports
There is a 40 per cent decrease in the number of Bulgarians intending to visit Turkey at Easter, following a
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Greek hoteliers offer respite to weary migrants
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 presses plea for EU backing for stopping migrants being redirected to Bulgarian borders
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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Border closures heighten fear refugees may use Adriatic Connection
Rights groups and organized crime experts are expressing rising alarm at the prospect of Syrian and Iraqi war refugees —
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