Migration minister admits refugees may be trapped in Greece for years
Addressing an emergency meeting of Greek mayors on Wednesday, migration policy minister Yannis Mouzalas made a shocking admission that trapped
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Macedonia
Thousands stranded in Greece after Macedonia opens border for 250 migrants
Macedonian authorities on Wednesday allowed some 250 asylum seekers from Syria and Iraq to cross its border with Greece at
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Europe migrant crisis: EC proposes 700M euro emergency assistance for hardest-hit EU countries
The European Commission (EC) said on March 2 that it was proposing a new “emergency assistance instrument” to provide a
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Bulgarian PM orders interior, defence ministers to organise joint exercise at borders facing migration pressure
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has instructed the ministers of interior and of defence to organise joint exercises in border
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UNHCR: Greece faces humanitarian crisis amid disarray in Europe over asylum-seekers
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
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
Tensions are rising in Idomeni with more than 7000 refugees – mainly from Syria and Iraq – trapped between Greece
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Refugees protest against new Macedonian border controls
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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Earthquake of 4 on Richter Scale in Macedonia felt in Bulgarian towns
An earthquake of four on the Richter Scale, 10km north of Novo Selo in the Republic of Macedonia on February
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