Refugee Crisis In Europe
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Could Iran War Trigger New Refugee Wave? Countries Most Likely To Feel It First
During the Syrian crisis, similar routes brought more than one million migrants into Europe in 2015, triggering political upheaval across several EU countries.
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Refugee Crisis 'A Near Existential Threat To Europe': John Kerry
The mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a "near existential threat" to Europe, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday.
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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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3 Held After Fight In A Dutch Refugee Centre
Dutch police have arrested three people after a brawl broke out in a refugee centre in the city of Arnhem late Saturday, leaving four wounded.
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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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Far Above Sweden's Arctic Circle, A Ski Resort Hosts Refugees
Far above Sweden's Arctic Circle, two dozen refugees stepped off a night train onto a desolate, snow-covered platform, their Middle Eastern odyssey abruptly ending at a hotel touted as the world's most northerly ski resort.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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Denmark Defends Plans To Seize Valuables From Refugees
The Danish government on Friday defended plans for police to search asylum seekers' luggage for valuables and cash after they prompted international outrage and drew comparisons to Nazi Germany.
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Man Killed As Blast, Fire Hit German Refugee Shelter
German police said a man was killed in a social welfare shelter that housed refugees after it was hit by an explosion and fire in the early hours of today.
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Faces Party Congress Amid Migrant Tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a congress of her conservative party today amid tensions over her management of the migrant influx.
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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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11 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island: Maritime Police
At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said today.
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Border Agency Director Troubled By Internal European Union Fences: Reports
The head of the European Union's border agency is worried about countries building border fences within the EU to try to curb a surge of migrants, he told an Austrian newspaper.
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Britain's Prince Charles Blames Climate Change For Syrian War
Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
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Germany's Capacity to Take in Refugees is Limited: Wolfgang Schaeuble
Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.
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Could Iran War Trigger New Refugee Wave? Countries Most Likely To Feel It First
During the Syrian crisis, similar routes brought more than one million migrants into Europe in 2015, triggering political upheaval across several EU countries.
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Refugee Crisis 'A Near Existential Threat To Europe': John Kerry
The mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a "near existential threat" to Europe, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday.
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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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3 Held After Fight In A Dutch Refugee Centre
Dutch police have arrested three people after a brawl broke out in a refugee centre in the city of Arnhem late Saturday, leaving four wounded.
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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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Far Above Sweden's Arctic Circle, A Ski Resort Hosts Refugees
Far above Sweden's Arctic Circle, two dozen refugees stepped off a night train onto a desolate, snow-covered platform, their Middle Eastern odyssey abruptly ending at a hotel touted as the world's most northerly ski resort.
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UN Refugee Chief Calls For Mass Resettlement To Save Europe's Asylum System
The United Nations refugee chief called on Friday for a "massive resettlement" of Syrian and other refugees within Europe, to distribute many hundreds of thousands of people before the continent's asylum system crumbles. Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, welcomed an agreement for the European Union's border agency Frontex to boos...
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Denmark Defends Plans To Seize Valuables From Refugees
The Danish government on Friday defended plans for police to search asylum seekers' luggage for valuables and cash after they prompted international outrage and drew comparisons to Nazi Germany.
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Man Killed As Blast, Fire Hit German Refugee Shelter
German police said a man was killed in a social welfare shelter that housed refugees after it was hit by an explosion and fire in the early hours of today.
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel Faces Party Congress Amid Migrant Tensions
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a congress of her conservative party today amid tensions over her management of the migrant influx.
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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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11 Migrants Drown Off Greek Island: Maritime Police
At least 11 migrants, including five children, drowned and about 10 were missing after their boat sank overnight off the Greek island of Farmakonisi, Greek maritime police said today.
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Border Agency Director Troubled By Internal European Union Fences: Reports
The head of the European Union's border agency is worried about countries building border fences within the EU to try to curb a surge of migrants, he told an Austrian newspaper.
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Britain's Prince Charles Blames Climate Change For Syrian War
Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe.
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Germany's Capacity to Take in Refugees is Limited: Wolfgang Schaeuble
Germany needs to send a message to the world that it's reaching the limit of its capacity to help Europe's flood of migrants, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Sunday, as he advocated restricting family reunions for Syrian refugees.
