Refugees Fleeing Syria
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Over 1 Million Reach Europe By Sea In 2015: UN
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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New US House Bill Would Tighten Refugee Vetting
The House of Representatives could vote as early as Thursday on new legislation that requires stricter vetting for refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and seeking to settle in the United States.
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Drowned Toddler Becomes First 2016 Migrant Casualty In The Aegean
A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said.
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Over 1 Million Reach Europe By Sea In 2015: UN
Over one million migrants and refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2015, nearly half of them Syrians, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said today.
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US Republicans, Defying Barack Obama, Tightening Syrian Refugee Screening
House Republican lawmakers defied President Barack Obama on Wednesday and laid out plans to tighten screening of Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, in a political fight that challenges the US view of itself as a refuge for downtrodden immigrants.
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New US House Bill Would Tighten Refugee Vetting
The House of Representatives could vote as early as Thursday on new legislation that requires stricter vetting for refugees fleeing Syria's civil war and seeking to settle in the United States.
