Balkan Refugee Crisis
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Charities Warn Of 'Desperate' Plight Of Refugees In Europe
Leading children's charities warned Tuesday that young refugees are at serious risk from the bitterly cold Balkan weather, as figures showed 31,000 migrants have arrived in Greece already this year.
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Sweden Opens First Tent Camp For Refugees
Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.
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Balkan Border Controls Leave Migrants in Limbo: Report
New border controls in the western Balkans are leaving thousands in limbo as winter sets in, aid agencies said today.
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EU and Balkans Leaders Hold Crisis Refugee Summit
European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe's refugee crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants.
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Balkan Leaders Threaten Border Closures Ahead of EU Meet
Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia on Saturday threatened to close their borders if EU countries to the north stop accepting migrants, as European leaders prepare for emergency talks on the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
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European Commission's Jean-Claude Juncker Wants Decision on Balkan Refugee Crisis
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he wanted to get a group of EU leaders to agree on short-term measures to tackle the migrant crisis in the western Balkans at a summit on Sunday.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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PM Mobilises Hungary's Troops, Prisoners, Jobless to Fence out Migrants
Built in a matter of weeks by soldiers, prison labourers and cadres of the unemployed, a vast new wall along Balkan frontiers is a monument to the ruthless efficiency with which Prime Minister Viktor Orban has mobilised Hungary against migrants.
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Western Balkans 'Not a Parking Lot for Refugees': European Union
A top EU official said on Friday that Balkan nations were not a "parking lot" for migrants and pledged to fully defend their interests.
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Charities Warn Of 'Desperate' Plight Of Refugees In Europe
Leading children's charities warned Tuesday that young refugees are at serious risk from the bitterly cold Balkan weather, as figures showed 31,000 migrants have arrived in Greece already this year.
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Sweden Opens First Tent Camp For Refugees
Asylum seekers in Sweden have begun moving into the first tent camp set up for them, despite wintry temperatures as the country struggles to accommodate the large number of migrants arriving, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported today.
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Balkan Border Controls Leave Migrants in Limbo: Report
New border controls in the western Balkans are leaving thousands in limbo as winter sets in, aid agencies said today.
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EU and Balkans Leaders Hold Crisis Refugee Summit
European Union and Balkan leaders hold emergency talks on Europe's refugee crisis today amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting migrants.
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Balkan Leaders Threaten Border Closures Ahead of EU Meet
Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia on Saturday threatened to close their borders if EU countries to the north stop accepting migrants, as European leaders prepare for emergency talks on the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.
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European Commission's Jean-Claude Juncker Wants Decision on Balkan Refugee Crisis
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said he wanted to get a group of EU leaders to agree on short-term measures to tackle the migrant crisis in the western Balkans at a summit on Sunday.
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Slovenia to Use Army to Help Guard Border in Migrant Crisis
Slovenia's parliament is expected to approve changes to its laws later today to enable the army to help police guard the border, as thousands of migrants flooded into the country from Croatia after Hungary sealed off its border.
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PM Mobilises Hungary's Troops, Prisoners, Jobless to Fence out Migrants
Built in a matter of weeks by soldiers, prison labourers and cadres of the unemployed, a vast new wall along Balkan frontiers is a monument to the ruthless efficiency with which Prime Minister Viktor Orban has mobilised Hungary against migrants.
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Western Balkans 'Not a Parking Lot for Refugees': European Union
A top EU official said on Friday that Balkan nations were not a "parking lot" for migrants and pledged to fully defend their interests.
