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Home Office asks MoD to intervene over English Channel migrants
Aug 09, 2020 04:19As migrant crossings across the English Channel continue to escalate, the Home Office has turned to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) for help to stem the tide.
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UNHCR agency urges Hungary to revoke strict asylum regulations
Jun 30, 2020 08:17The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has called on Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government to repeal a tightening of the Hungarian asylum system, provisions of which it says could violate international laws.
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Erdogan to Greece: Open your borders to migrants
Mar 08, 2020 15:40Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeals to Greece to open its borders to thousands of migrants attempting to cross the country toward other European destinations.
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Mainland Greece to temporarily house 'migrants from Turkey'
Mar 08, 2020 04:02Greece says it is to set up two makeshift camps on its mainland to house the migrants that Turkey reportedly allowed into Europe to evoke a response from the continent.
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Greek police clash with refugees at Turkish border
Mar 02, 2020 10:29Greek police have clashed with refugees attempting to break into Greece from Turkey, which has stopped holding the refugees back.
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EU border force on 'high alert' as migrants' push to enter continent
Mar 01, 2020 12:22The European Union border force Frontex has announced that it is on "high alert" across all the bloc’s borders with Turkey, and aims to provide further support to Greece as thousands of migrants seek to enter the continent through the southeastern European country.
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US judge says conditions in overcrowded border holding cells violate Constitution
Feb 20, 2020 08:20A US judge has ruled in favor of refugees, held in overcrowded border detention centers under inhumane conditions, banning authorities from holding asylum seekers for more than 48 hours in a facility in the state of Arizona.
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Italy Senate votes for far-right leader Salvini to face trial
Feb 13, 2020 04:50Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini is to stand trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea, after senators voted Wednesday to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.
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Warning shots fired as refugees rush Serbia's border with Hungary
Jan 28, 2020 08:57A Hungarian security officer fired three warning shots early on Tuesday after about 60 migrants tried to force their way through a checkpoint on the European Union (EU) member state’s southern border with Serbia, police said.
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French coastguards rescue 31 migrants attempting Channel crossing
Dec 29, 2019 11:55French coastguards rescued 31 migrants trying to cross the English Channel overnight after the engine of one small boat cut out and the other dinghy began to take in water, local authorities in France said on Sunday.