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Refugee death toll in Mediterranean tops 1,000 for 6th year: UNHCR
Oct 01, 2019 11:17More than 1,000 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea this year, the sixth year in a row that that "bleak milestone" has been reached, the United Nations refugee agency says.
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Pope rebukes countries whose weapons foment migration but refuse refugees
Sep 30, 2019 05:18Pope Francis on Sunday scolded countries that produce weapons for wars fought elsewhere and then refuse to take in refugees fleeing the very same conflicts.
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Seven drown after refugee boat capsizes off Greece
Sep 27, 2019 12:26Two women and five children drowned when a boat carrying migrants and refugees from Turkey capsized near Greece's Chios Island, the coastguard says.
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Turkey says can't cope with growing refugee problems further
Sep 19, 2019 02:49Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey can no longer cope with the growing refugee problems and vowed to go ahead with his country’s plan for creating a safe zone in Syria.
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Police shutting down major refugee camp in northern France
Sep 17, 2019 07:47Police in France have been forcing some 1,000 refugees to leave a gymnasium in the vicinity of the northern port of Dunkirk following a court ruling that declared the makeshift camp a health and security hazard.
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Spain rescues 200 refugees in Mediterranean Sea
Sep 03, 2019 00:42Almost 200 people were rescued attempting to make the dangerous crossing from North Africa to Spain on Monday (September 2), the coastguard said.
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Hundreds of refugees moved from ‘hell’ of Greek island
Sep 02, 2019 09:05Greek officials and UN workers have begun evacuating hundreds of refugees from the Greek island of Lesbos, where overcrowding and the crushing heat have made conditions unbearable.
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France rescues 22 migrants heading for Britain
Aug 25, 2019 09:08French rescuers saved 22 migrants who found themselves "in difficulty" on the Channel overnight in their bid to get to Britain, French maritime authorities said Sunday.
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UN warns foreign firms against doing business with Myanmar army
Aug 05, 2019 14:13The United Nations' investigators have urged foreign businesses and governments to sever ties with dozens of companies owned or controlled by Myanmar's military, which has carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing, murder and rape of Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, noting that such firms could be complicit in international crimes.
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Up to 150 refugees feared drowned in shipwreck off Libya
Jul 25, 2019 14:23A spokesman for the UN refugee agency says up to 150 refugees trying to reach Europe from Libya are believed to have died after their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.