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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Macedonia
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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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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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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Refugees on Serbia – Macedonia border isolated in improvised tents in dire conditions
Hundreds of refugees continue to stay for days under the snow and rain and in open sky in the camp
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Macedonia begrudges ‘paying’ for EU’s mistakes
Macedonia’s president says his country has been forced to pay for the actions of the European Union in the current
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Bulgaria to provide humanitarian assistance to refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border
Bulgaria is to provide humanitarian assistance in the form of tents, beds, blankets and heating fuel to refugees and migrants
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Austria: Balkan Route should remain closed to migrants
Austrian interior minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says the Balkan immigration route should remain closed, after Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Croatia closed
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Merkel criticises closing of Balkan route
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticised Balkan nations for closing borders to migrants. In the past 24 hours four Balkan
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