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Three babies die, 100 people go missing after refugee boat sinks off Libya
Jun 29, 2018 14:52Three babies have died in an incident where a boat transporting more than 100 refugees capsized off the coast of Libya, according to survivors and the coast guard.
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Italy calls for refugee centers south of Libya
Jun 25, 2018 14:34Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has called on a visit to Tripoli for processing centers to be set up south of Libya's borders as a way to block attempts by refugees to cross the Mediterranean.
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Italy urges EU states to share refugee burden
Jun 24, 2018 14:42Italy, the main European frontline country to deal with refugees over the past three years, has called on European Union members to accept their share of refugees entering the bloc.
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Spanish PM calls for joint European action on refugees
Jun 24, 2018 12:34Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has expressed his support for an integrated European Union policy for dealing with a current refugee crisis facing Europe.
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Italy, Malta refuse to take in another refugee ship
Jun 24, 2018 07:44More than 300 refugees are stranded in the Mediterranean Sea as Malta and Italy have once again refused to allow a rescue ship carrying them to dock at their ports.
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Divided EU leaders to meet for talks on refugees
Jun 24, 2018 02:20Leaders of the European Union countries are slated to hold an emergency meeting in Brussels on Sunday, seeking to settle their differences and pursue a unified approach to the refugee crisis facing the bloc.
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Refugees can forget about reaching Italy: Interior minister
Jun 23, 2018 11:56Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has reiterated that Italy is determined to keep its ports closed to refugees, saying boats transporting asylum seekers should better forget about reaching the European country.
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UN coordination essential for refugee returns to Syria: Merkel
Jun 22, 2018 14:42German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for a political solution to the hot-button issue of Syrian refugees' return from Lebanon to their homeland, saying it can only take place in coordination with the United Nations.
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Survivors say at least 60 refugees died in Mediterranean
Jun 20, 2018 14:48At least 60 refugees were killed after their rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya last week, survivors have said.
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Germany’ CSU gives Merkel ultimatum over refugees amid coalition crisis
Jun 18, 2018 14:59The Christian Social Union (CSU) party of Germany’s Bavaria region, a key ally in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives, has issued an ultimatum for the government to introduce restrictions on refugee arrivals in two weeks or face a real political crisis.