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US Congress approves $4.6bn in emergency border funding
Jun 28, 2019 02:42US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has bowed to pressure from Republicans as Congress approved $4.6 billion in emergency aid to address the migrant crisis along the US-Mexico border, sending the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature.
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About 12 killed as refugee boat sinks off western Turkey
Jun 17, 2019 12:11Twelve people have been killed after a dinghy carrying refugees sank off Turkey's western coast, the Turkish coast guard says, adding that 31 others had been rescued.
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Dozens of refugees drown off Tunisia coast after leaving Libya
May 10, 2019 12:52At least 50 refugees drowned on Friday when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian coast after they had left Libya hoping to reach Europe, the United Nations migration agency said.
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Woman drowns as 92 refugees reach Greek island: Coast guard
Apr 14, 2019 11:24One woman has drowned as 92 refugees reached the Aegean island of Samos, a Greek coast guard official said as the country's officials struggled to deal with the rising number of immigrant arrivals.
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Trump not to revive family separation policy, blames Obama
Apr 10, 2019 01:15US President Donald Trump, facing bipartisan pushback, has backed down from restarting the much-criticized practice of separating migrant children from their families at the US southern border with Mexico.
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US, Central American states agree to stem migration flow
Mar 28, 2019 04:11The United States and three Central American countries have reached a deal meant to stem the flow of migrants toward the US-Mexico border.
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UK military deployed to English Channel to contain refugee crossings
Jan 04, 2019 08:08Britain’s Home Office (interior ministry) has demanded the country’s military to deploy its vessels to the English Channel to contain a surge in refugee crossings in the waterway.
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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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Despite full-throated defense at the time, Kelly backtracks on Trump’s Muslim ban
Dec 31, 2018 05:38Outgoing White House Chief of Staff John Kelly says he was surprised by US President Donald Trump’s so-called Muslim ban despite his full-throated defense in the early days of the administration.
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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.