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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
The migration minister for Greece, one of the countries worst affected by arrivals of growing numbers of undocumented migrants, on Wednesday hailed a landmark overhaul of EU asylum and migration rules as a "historic day".
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Amid Crisis, Greece Orders Islands To Slow Migrant Traffic
Greece's government has ordered authorities on islands facing the coast of Turkey to reduce the number of migrants allowed to travel by ferry to the mainland.
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European Union Presses Greece over Migrants, Weighs Schengen Threat
Greece hit back today at threats from some EU states to suspend it from the Schengen zone of open border travel because of its failure to control large numbers of migrants entering Europe.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Greece Says 22 Migrants Drown Off Aegean Islands, 144 Rescued
Greece rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of Kalymnos, the coastguard said today, in the second major deadly incident this week.
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7 Children Die After Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece
At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe's refugee crisis.
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Refugee Flows to Greece Surge, UN Says Russian Airstrikes Not to Blame
The number of refugees and migrants reaching reaching Greece surged to 48,000 in the five days to October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today, but the UN refugee agency said Russian air strikes in Syria had not caused any significant refugee exodus.
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Greece Seeks European Union Aid as it Struggles to Cope With Migrant Crisis
Greece asked the European Union for aid on Monday to prevent it being overwhelmed by refugees, as a minister said arrivals on Lesbos had swollen to three times as many as the island could handle.
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'Historic": Greece Hails Landmark Overhaul Of EU Asylum, Migration Rules
The migration minister for Greece, one of the countries worst affected by arrivals of growing numbers of undocumented migrants, on Wednesday hailed a landmark overhaul of EU asylum and migration rules as a "historic day".
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Amid Crisis, Greece Orders Islands To Slow Migrant Traffic
Greece's government has ordered authorities on islands facing the coast of Turkey to reduce the number of migrants allowed to travel by ferry to the mainland.
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European Union Presses Greece over Migrants, Weighs Schengen Threat
Greece hit back today at threats from some EU states to suspend it from the Schengen zone of open border travel because of its failure to control large numbers of migrants entering Europe.
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Alexis Tsipras, Visiting Lesbos, Says Greece Cannot Cope With Refugees
Greece's prime minister conceded today that the country was unable to cope with the thousands of migrants arriving daily on its shores, just days after saying that he was shamed by Europe's handling of the crisis.
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Greece Says 22 Migrants Drown Off Aegean Islands, 144 Rescued
Greece rescued 138 refugees and recovered the bodies of 19 after their boat capsized off the island of Kalymnos, the coastguard said today, in the second major deadly incident this week.
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7 Children Die After Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece
At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe's refugee crisis.
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Refugee Flows to Greece Surge, UN Says Russian Airstrikes Not to Blame
The number of refugees and migrants reaching reaching Greece surged to 48,000 in the five days to October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today, but the UN refugee agency said Russian air strikes in Syria had not caused any significant refugee exodus.
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Greece Seeks European Union Aid as it Struggles to Cope With Migrant Crisis
Greece asked the European Union for aid on Monday to prevent it being overwhelmed by refugees, as a minister said arrivals on Lesbos had swollen to three times as many as the island could handle.
