Dutch EU presidency working on plan to accept 250K refugees
The Netherlands, which holds the European Union presidency, is working on a plan for a core group of member states
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Turkey
Bulgarian Cabinet approves further 34.1M leva for fence at Turkish border
Bulgaria’s Cabinet approved on January 27 2016 a sum of 34.1 million leva (about 17.4 million euro) for the extension
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Freedom House: Government dysfunction among Balkan countries, migrant crisis pressure on EU principles
The world was battered in 2015 by overlapping crises that fueled xenophobic sentiment in democratic countries, undermined the economies of
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Opinion: EU levels empty Schengen threat at Greece
The EU’s current plan is to protect external borders and, if necessary, expel Greece – not from the eurozone, but
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Turkey cuts short term of consul-general in Plovdiv – reports
The term of office of the Turkish consul-general in Plovdiv, Alper Aktaş, is being brought to an end about six
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12 migrants drown off Turkish coast
Twelve migrants lost their lives off the Turkish coast, after a boat taking them to the Greek islands capsized Thursday
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Bulgarian police ‘abuse asylum-seekers, migrants, force them back to Turkey’ – HRW
Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them
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Doctors Without Borders blasts EU migration policies
Humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) has denounced Europe’s migration policy of deterrence in 2015 as a “catastrophic
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Turkey’s economy sees fallout from terrorism, Russian sanctions
Terrorism and Russian sanctions have left Turkey’s already struggling economy bracing for the worst. Tourism seems sure to take hit,
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