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Annual migrant deaths in Mediterranean fall by over a quarter: UNHCR
Jan 04, 2019 02:48The UN refugee agency says the number of migrants who died or went missing attempting to cross the Mediterranean fell by more than a quarter in 2018 over the previous year, to 2,262.
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EX-UK minister calls for a second deferral of parliament vote on Brexit
Jan 04, 2019 02:45Britain's former Brexit Secretary David Davis has called for a second deferral of parliament’s vote on a European Union withdrawal agreement, saying that would force the EU to make concessions in order to avoid a disorderly divorce in March.
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No-deal Brexit ‘far more likely’ if MPs reject May’s deal: Barclay
Jan 03, 2019 09:33British Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has advised Members of Parliament (MPs) against voting down Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal with the European Union (EU), warning that doing so makes a no-deal exit from the bloc “far more likely.”
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Cancelling Brexit will have ‘devastating’ social consequences, Hunt says
Jan 02, 2019 13:28British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned that if the government cancels results of a June 2016 referendum in which Britons decided for their country to leave the European Union, it would have harsh impacts on the United Kingdom's social fabric.
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No foreign power can make decisions on legitimate EU-Iran trade ties: Mogherini
Jan 02, 2019 06:44European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini says the bloc will not allow any foreign meddling in Brussels’ legitimate trade ties with other countries amid US attempts to kill the bloc’s business relations with Iran after its withdrawal from a 2015 multilateral nuclear deal.
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Brexit has a ‘50-50’ chance of being stopped: UK trade minister
Dec 31, 2018 05:15Britain's Trade Secretary Liam Fox believes there is a “50-50” chance that Britain would cancel its decision to leave the European Union if the parliament rejects a divorce deal signed with the EU.
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New Schengen border control rules come into force: EU
Dec 29, 2018 08:22The European Union says new rules have taken effect to strengthen the Schengen Information System (SIS) in order to close “a critical security gap” among the bloc's member states.
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May's Brexit deal can get through parliament: British FM
Dec 28, 2018 12:09British Foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt has said that the parliament can pass Prime Minister Theresa May's controversial deal on the country’s withdrawal from the European Union if the bloc provides clarification that the Northern Irish "backstop" will be not permanent.
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EU hopeful UK parliament would endorse Brexit deal in January
Dec 27, 2018 13:56A senior European Union official has expressed hope that the British parliament would approve a controversial deal on the country’s withdrawal from the bloc in an upcoming meeting in mid-January.
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Iran, EU reviewing comprehensive customs agreement: Report
Dec 27, 2018 03:14Iran and the European Union are reviewing a comprehensive customs agreement and other related cooperation programs, media reports said on Wednesday.