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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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Ukrainians Fleeing War Find Refuge In Occupied West Bank: Report
The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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More Than 5 Million People Flee War In Ukraine: UN
More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, UN figures showed on Friday, in Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.
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Over 2 Million Refugees Flee Ukraine, Most Of Them Are Children, Women
Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowhere to go, as host countries scrambled to accommodate them.
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Ukraine Is Europe's Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis Since World War 2: UN
The number of people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine has topped 1.5 million, making it Europe's fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II, the United Nations said on Sunday.
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Eastern Europe Braces For Refugee Influx Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.
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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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British Lord Says Brexit 'Stupidity' Should Not Block Child Refugees
A member of Britain's House of Lords rescued from the Nazis when he was six years old, told AFP the anti-immigrant sentiment behind Brexit should not prevent child migrants being welcomed to Britain
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More Than 6,000 Migrants Rescued From Sea In A Single Day, 22 Dead
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
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World Leaders At United Nation Approve Plan For Refugee Crisis
With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.
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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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Germany Expects Around 300,000 Refugees This Year
The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees to arrive in Germany this year.
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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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Ukrainians Fleeing War Find Refuge In Occupied West Bank: Report
The February 24 Russian invasion triggered the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II, leaving over 6.8 million Ukrainians registered as refugees across the continent, according to the latest United Nations figures.
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Europe Braces For Over 150,000 Migrant Influx Due To Food Shortage
Mediterranean countries on major migrant routes into Europe expect over 150,000 arrivals this year as food shortages caused by the Ukraine conflict threaten a new migration wave from Africa and the Middle East.
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More Than 5 Million People Flee War In Ukraine: UN
More than five million people have fled Ukraine since the Russian invasion, UN figures showed on Friday, in Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.
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Over 2 Million Refugees Flee Ukraine, Most Of Them Are Children, Women
Thousands more Ukrainian refugees fled to central and eastern Europe on Wednesday, many with no contacts and nowhere to go, as host countries scrambled to accommodate them.
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Ukraine Is Europe's Fastest Growing Refugee Crisis Since World War 2: UN
The number of people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine has topped 1.5 million, making it Europe's fastest growing refugee crisis since World War II, the United Nations said on Sunday.
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Eastern Europe Braces For Refugee Influx Amid Russia-Ukraine Tensions
Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.
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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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British Lord Says Brexit 'Stupidity' Should Not Block Child Refugees
A member of Britain's House of Lords rescued from the Nazis when he was six years old, told AFP the anti-immigrant sentiment behind Brexit should not prevent child migrants being welcomed to Britain
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More Than 6,000 Migrants Rescued From Sea In A Single Day, 22 Dead
About 6,055 migrants were rescued and 22 found dead on the perilous sea route to Europe on Monday, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italian and Libyan officials said.
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World Leaders At United Nation Approve Plan For Refugee Crisis
With more people forced to flee their homes than at any time since World War II, global leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and stoked divisions from Africa to Europe.
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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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Germany Expects Around 300,000 Refugees This Year
The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) told a German newspaper that he expected a maximum of 300,000 refugees to arrive in Germany this year.
