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EU urges members to end refugee deadlock
Jan 26, 2017 17:35The European Union has called on member states to do more to end a deadlock on how they should share the burden of Europe’s historic refugee exodus as the continent is struggling to cope with increasing arrivals.
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Boat carrying Indonesian refugees sinks off Malaysia, 10 killed
Jan 23, 2017 11:19At least ten people have lost their lives and some 30 others gone missing after a boat carrying Indonesian illegal refugee workers capsized in rough waters off the coasts of Malaysia, officials say.
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About 400,000 Syrian child refugees in Turkey out of school: UNICEF
Jan 20, 2017 02:44The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, says nearly 400,000 Syrian child refugees living in Turkey are currently out of school and at risk of becoming a "lost generation."
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Far-right Greek MP leads raid into primary school in Athens
Jan 18, 2017 09:05Several members of a far-right Greek party headed by a prominent MP have raided a primary school in Athens to prevent the staff from admitting refugee children in classrooms.
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180 'presumed dead' after refugee boat sinking in Mediterranean
Jan 17, 2017 11:42The death toll from the January 14 capsizing of a refugee ship in the Mediterranean stands at four, with nearly 180 missing, presumed dead, survivors have said.
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Over 100 refugees feared dead off Libya coast
Jan 15, 2017 06:30Scores of people are feared dead in an incident involving a boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea while carrying 110 asylum seekers.
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Germany to return refugees to Greece from March
Jan 12, 2017 16:27A German official says Berlin will in two months' time begin returning newly arrived refugees from Greece to their first landing location in the European Union.
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Europe refugee arrivals plunge by two thirds in 2016: Border agency
Jan 06, 2017 14:04The number of refugees landing in Europe via two main maritime routes in 2016 nosedived by almost two-thirds to 364,000 in comparison with the year before, according to the EU border agency Frontex.
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About 48 Iraqi refugees discovered on Romania border
Dec 31, 2016 14:13Romanian border guards have intercepted a truck illegally transporting nearly 50 Iraqi citizens.
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Libyan Red Crescent teams recover 11 refugee bodies
Dec 28, 2016 11:09Rescue workers have recovered nearly a dozen bodies of drowned refugees washed ashore in Libya.