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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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Newspaper Identifies 33,293 People Who Died Seeking Shelter In "Fortress Europe"
Four-month-old Syrian baby Faris Ali froze to death in a tent in Turkey, five-year-old Afghan Sajida Ali's body washed ashore after a shipwreck, and tiny Samuel drowned with his mother as she tried to reach Spain after leaving home in Congo.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Extend Lead Over Social Democrats: Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have extended their lead over the centre-left Social Democrats or SPD to 12 percentage points, a poll showed today, almost four months before a federal election.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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Educate Europe's Refugees For Rebuilding At Home: Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Europe to emphasise education for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that have arrived mainly from the war-torn Middle East as a means of rebuilding their home countries.
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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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Danish Lawmakers Mull Proposal To Take Refugees' Cash
In return for staying at a Danish refugee centre, Iranian software engineer Sarah Alimalayeri said she was happy to hand over the gold bracelet and necklace she was wearing, but not her pendant.
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In Christmas Message, Pope Francis Speaks Out On Conflicts, Migrants
Pope Francis used his Christmas message today to call for solidarity with migrants while praising those who shelter them.
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ISIS Jihadists Stole 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Blank Passports: Report
The ISIS group may have stolen "tens of thousands" of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported today.
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'Frenchmen' With Possible Paris Attacks Links Held In Austria
Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.
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On Rainy Scottish Isle, Syrians Struggle to Adapt
From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.
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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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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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Slovakia Files Lawsuit Against European Union Quotas to Redistribute Migrants
Slovakia filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice today against a European Union decision to redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member countries, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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European Union Migration Chief in Pakistan After Rejection of Deportee Deal
The European Union official in charge of migration was in Pakistan today for talks after the country last week suspended a deal to accept deportations from mainland Europe.
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"Unable To Save Them": Fisherman Mourns After Italian Migrant Shipwreck
It was a Sunday that Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano will never forget. Well before dawn he ran to the beach near his house and started pulling bodies from the sea, victims of a deadly migrant shipwreck that has so far claimed 67 lives.
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Newspaper Identifies 33,293 People Who Died Seeking Shelter In "Fortress Europe"
Four-month-old Syrian baby Faris Ali froze to death in a tent in Turkey, five-year-old Afghan Sajida Ali's body washed ashore after a shipwreck, and tiny Samuel drowned with his mother as she tried to reach Spain after leaving home in Congo.
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Angela Merkel's Conservatives Extend Lead Over Social Democrats: Poll
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have extended their lead over the centre-left Social Democrats or SPD to 12 percentage points, a poll showed today, almost four months before a federal election.
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Thousands Of Civilians And Fighters Still Waiting To Be Evacuated From Aleppo: Rebel Spokesman
Thousands of rebels and fighters were still waiting on Thursday to be evacuated from the last rebel bastion in Aleppo city but difficulties including harsh weather were complicating the final phase of the operation, a rebel spokesman said.
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Educate Europe's Refugees For Rebuilding At Home: Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Europe to emphasise education for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that have arrived mainly from the war-torn Middle East as a means of rebuilding their home countries.
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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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Danish Lawmakers Mull Proposal To Take Refugees' Cash
In return for staying at a Danish refugee centre, Iranian software engineer Sarah Alimalayeri said she was happy to hand over the gold bracelet and necklace she was wearing, but not her pendant.
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In Christmas Message, Pope Francis Speaks Out On Conflicts, Migrants
Pope Francis used his Christmas message today to call for solidarity with migrants while praising those who shelter them.
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ISIS Jihadists Stole 'Tens Of Thousands' Of Blank Passports: Report
The ISIS group may have stolen "tens of thousands" of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported today.
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'Frenchmen' With Possible Paris Attacks Links Held In Austria
Austrian police have arrested two people with suspected links to the Paris attacks, prosecutors said today, with an Austrian newspaper reporting the two are French citizens posing as refugees.
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On Rainy Scottish Isle, Syrians Struggle to Adapt
From war-torn Syria to a windswept island off the west coast of Scotland, nine newly-arrived refugee families are struggling to adjust to new lives in a very unfamiliar world.
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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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Angela Merkel Named TIME's 'Person of the Year 2015', Baghdadi Second
Time magazine today named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its "Person of the Year 2015," hailing her leadership for navigating debt and refugee crises that threatened to tear the European Union apart.
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Slovakia Files Lawsuit Against European Union Quotas to Redistribute Migrants
Slovakia filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice today against a European Union decision to redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member countries, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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European Union Migration Chief in Pakistan After Rejection of Deportee Deal
The European Union official in charge of migration was in Pakistan today for talks after the country last week suspended a deal to accept deportations from mainland Europe.
