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Merkel urges quicker deportation of rejected asylum seekers
Dec 24, 2016 10:02German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared plans to hasten the expulsion of rejected asylum seekers after the Tunisian suspect in Berlin’s deadly truck attack on Christmas shoppers was killed by police in Italy.
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Separate rallies back, slam refugees in Germany
Dec 23, 2016 03:07Several thousand people have taken part in a rally in the German city of Munich to commemorate the victims of a recent terrorist attack and show support for refugees, whom far-rightists have been collectively blaming for the incident.
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Amnesty calls on Algeria to adopt law on right to asylum
Dec 19, 2016 02:04Amnesty International has called upon Algeria's government to adopt a law on the right to asylum and to investigate the expulsion of Malian refugees earlier this month.
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Gang forging passports for refugees busted in Greece
Dec 13, 2016 01:36Greek and British authorities say they have broken up an international criminal network suspected of supplying hundreds of illegal refugees striving to reach the UK and northern European countries with forged travel documents.
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UN agency slams violence at Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon
Dec 08, 2016 11:17A UN agency has strongly denounced armed violence in the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
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EU advises members to resume returning refugees to Greece
Dec 08, 2016 11:17The European Union says its member states can resume returning the asylum seekers spread across the continent to Greece from March 2017 in an effort to restore the bloc’s refugee policies, which collapsed under a mass influx last year.
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Australia passes bill to detain terrorists indefinitely
Dec 01, 2016 10:54Australia has approved a new counter-terrorism bill that allows the indefinite detention of people convicted of terror-related offenses.
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Australian parliament interrupted by pro-refugee protest
Nov 30, 2016 11:02A group of protesters have interrupted a parliamentary session in the Australian capital Canberra, demanding reform of the government’s controversial asylum policy.
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Amnesty censures Spain for treatment of refugees in Melilla, Ceuta
Nov 29, 2016 13:16Amnesty International has criticized the Spanish government for the treatment of refugees in two of Spain's overseas territories of Melilla and Ceuta.
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Refugees clash with police, set fire to Bulgaria’s largest camp
Nov 25, 2016 07:11Some 2,000 asylum seekers have set Bulgaria’s largest refugee camp on fire and clashed with police after the facility was sealed off over reports of a disease outbreak.