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Over 4,600 refugees rescued off Libya coast: Italy
Oct 05, 2016 05:56Italy says over 4,000 stranded refugees were rescued at sea in a single day of naval operations through the Mediterranean.
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Amnesty: Rich nations shirking responsibilities on refugees
Oct 04, 2016 05:54Amnesty International has accused rich countries of "shirking" their responsibilities on refugees, slamming what it called the selfishness of wealthy nations.
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EU, Afghanistan strike deal to stem refugee crisis
Oct 04, 2016 02:09The EU has struck a tentative deal with Afghanistan to take back thousands of refugees ahead of a major international donors' conference aimed at securing international financial aid for the war-ravaged country.
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Turkey slams EU for not keeping promise on refugee aid
Oct 03, 2016 11:26Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has slammed the European Union for failing to pay the promised three billion euros in aid to Ankara as part of the deal they signed in March to contain the refugee influx in Europe.
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Majority of Hungarians refuse to vote in referendum against refugees
Oct 03, 2016 06:13A majority of Hungarians have rejected to vote in a referendum on closing the country’s borders to refugees, prompting the authorities to declare the results invalid.
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Afghanistan agrees to cooperate on refugee deportations: Germany
Oct 03, 2016 02:10The government of Afghanistan has agreed to a mechanism for cooperation with Germany on how the European country could deport refugees whose asylum request has been rejected.
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Germany revises down 2015 figure of refugees taken in
Sep 30, 2016 14:48Germany’s Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere says new centralized figures show that 890,000 refugees were received by the country last year, revising down a previous number of 1.1 million.
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Danish FM gives reassurance to Turkey on EU deal granting Turks visa-free travel
Sep 29, 2016 16:22Denmark says Brussels will keep its promise to grant Turks visa-free travel to the European Union, if Ankara carries out its side of a controversial deal to stem the flow of refugees into the EU countries.
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Amnesty slams Hungary’s treatment of refugees
Sep 28, 2016 05:40Amnesty International has slammed the government in Hungary for the alleged ill treatment of refugees on its soil and those asylum-seekers planning to enter the country.
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Sweden charges three men over refugee trafficking
Sep 23, 2016 13:39Prosecutors in Sweden have charged three men with organizing the trafficking of 170 refugees from Italy to Scandinavia in northern Europe.