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Traffickers abusing refugee children in French camps: UNICEF
Jun 14, 2016 09:16Life is a "living hell" for children in French refugee camps, where they have been sexually exploited by traffickers who promise them passage to the UK, a UNICEF report says.
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Merkel ready to cave to Turkish 'blackmail' on visas: British envoy
Jun 13, 2016 09:43German Chancellor Angela Merkel is open to Turkish “blackmail,” seeking visa-free travel to the EU in return for Turkey taking back refugees expelled from Europe, a report says.
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Far-right refugee protest turns violent in Vienna
Jun 12, 2016 11:30Far-right protesters have clashed with police in the Austrian capital during rallies against the entry of refugees.
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EU-Turkey visa deal not possible by July 1: Austria
Jun 10, 2016 23:48Austria, a major member of the European Union, has ruled out the possibility that a visa deal between the bloc and Turkey could be implemented by the July 1 deadline.
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Over 57,000 migrants trapped in Greece amid Balkan border closures
Jun 07, 2016 12:20Greece registered 57,458 migrants and refugees trapped in the country amid border closures by nearby Balkan states, Greece’s Central Coordinating Body for the Management of Migration said in a statement.
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Paris evacuates 1,850 refugees from city camp
Jun 07, 2016 01:38Authorities in France have evacuated 1,850 refugees from a makeshift camp in the north of the country’s capital, Paris.
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133 refugee bodies found on Libyan coast: Red Cross
Jun 05, 2016 11:24The Libyan Red Cross says the bodies of 133 refugees, including five children, have been washed up on Libya’s western coast in recent days.
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Shipwrecks in Mediterranean killed 880 refugees last week: UN
May 31, 2016 16:27The United Nations (UN) refugee agency says at least 880 asylum-seekers died in recent incidents trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
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Turkey warns EU it will abandon refugee deal if no visa-free travel
May 30, 2016 11:26Turkey has threatened to quit a deal with the European Union (EU) to stem the flow of refugees if its citizens are not granted visa-free travel to the 28-nation bloc.
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UN rapporteur raps EU-Turkey deal to stop refugees
May 16, 2016 12:21The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of refugees, has strongly denounced a recently signed agreement between the European Union and Turkey over curbing the flow of asylum seekers to Europe.