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Europe migrant crisis: Main threat to Bulgaria from Greek, not Turkish, border – PM Borissov

March 25, 2016March 28, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov told Parliament on March 25 that he does not expect a massive influx of migrants

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Turkey demands EU meet commitment to visa-free travel

March 23, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Just days after the announcement of a European Union-Turkey refugee deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the bloc, saying it

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Europe 

Athens concerned EU-Turkey refugee deal will not be honoured

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Less than a week after the EU-Turkey agreement on dealing with the refugee crisis, the Greek government appears concerned that the

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Europe 

Crunch time for refugees on the island of Lesbos

March 21, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The 1,500 refugees at the Karatepe camp on the Greek island of Lesbos are nervous. Since the EU struck a

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Greece struggles as EU-Turkey refugee deal comes into force

March 20, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

Greece has begun moving migrants from its islands to the mainland but will not be able to return refugees to

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EU-Turkey deal leaves refugees stranded in Greece

March 20, 2016 Henry Ridgwell of VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The deal struck Friday between the European Union and Turkey to try to end the flow of migrants to Europe,

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Europe 

EU, Turkey, reach provisional migrant deal

March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 VOANews Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey reached a provisional deal Friday to curb the unprecedented influx of migrants into Europe. EU

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Europe 

EU, Turkey approve migration deal

March 18, 2016March 21, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

The European Union and Turkey have reached a landmark deal to ease the EU’s ongoing refugee crisis. The accord is

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Europe 

EU migrant deal with Turkey in sight at Brussels summit

March 18, 2016 Deutsche Welle Europe migrant crisis, Turkey

Gathered for a make-or-break summit on clinching a migrant deal with Turkey, EU leaders have agreed their position. The bloc

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