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Croatia police accused of abusing refugees

August 17, 2018 Deutsche Welle Croatia, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

International aid organizations have reported that Croatian police are using violence to push refugees back into neighboring Bosnia-Herzegovina. Croatian authorities

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Europe 

Frontex: Irregular border crossings into EU dropped in first seven months of 2018

August 14, 2018August 15, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

In the first seven months of 2018, the number of irregular border crossings into the EU via the top four

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Europe 

Asylum applications in EU roughly unchanged in early summer 2018

August 6, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The downward trend in the number of asylum applications in the EU continued in the first half of 2018, according

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European Commission proposes paying 6000 euro per migrant to countries hosting ‘controlled centres’

July 24, 2018July 25, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

The European Commission has expanded on its concept of “controlled centres” for the processing of migrants disembarked in the EU,

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Bulgaria 

Refugee centres in Bulgaria ‘almost empty’ – report

July 21, 2018July 24, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

Refugee centres in Bulgaria are almost empty and there has been a significant decline in applications for protection, Bulgarian National

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Bulgaria 

PM Borissov: Bulgaria ‘only country in EU that has coped with migrants’

July 20, 2018July 23, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Kornelia Ninova, Refugees

To date, Bulgaria is the only country in the European Union that has coped with migrants and has even been

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Europe 

Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU

June 24, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday downplayed expectations that the EU summit next Thursday will be able to come to

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Bulgaria 

Borissov: Bulgaria showed that as a front-line country, it can cope with refugee pressure

June 24, 2018July 1, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, speaking on June 24 ahead of a meeting of EU leaders on migration and asylum,

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Europe 

Where do EU countries stand on migration?

June 24, 2018June 27, 2018 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Refugees

For EU member states, trying to find a common solution to irregular migration has exposed the fault lines that divide the bloc.

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