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Italy Senate votes for far-right leader Salvini to face trial
Feb 13, 2020 04:50Italian far-right leader Matteo Salvini is to stand trial on charges of illegally detaining migrants at sea, after senators voted Wednesday to strip him of his parliamentary immunity.
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How the far-right became Europe’s new normal
Feb 07, 2020 14:20It was a scandal when a far-right party entered government two decades ago. Now it’s just routine. What happened? Twenty years ago, on Feb. 4, 2000, a shock wave reverberated from the heart of Europe: The far-right Freedom Party of Austria, founded in 1956 by National Socialist activists, entered government.
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Warning shots fired as refugees rush Serbia's border with Hungary
Jan 28, 2020 08:57A Hungarian security officer fired three warning shots early on Tuesday after about 60 migrants tried to force their way through a checkpoint on the European Union (EU) member state’s southern border with Serbia, police said.
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French coastguards rescue 31 migrants attempting Channel crossing
Dec 29, 2019 11:55French coastguards rescued 31 migrants trying to cross the English Channel overnight after the engine of one small boat cut out and the other dinghy began to take in water, local authorities in France said on Sunday.
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Dozens of refugees trying to reach Europe drown as boat sinks off Mauritania
Dec 05, 2019 14:23At least 58 refugees trying to reach Europe from West Africa die as their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, but dozens of survivors managed to swim to shore.
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Time to change the refugee narrative?
Dec 04, 2019 09:59As walls and fences go up, so do the dramatic increases in migrant deaths. The Associated Press reports that 56,800 people died or went missing crossing a border from 2014-18.
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Asylum seekers are being misclassified under migrant protection protocols
Dec 01, 2019 16:18The Trump administration has tailored existing asylum policy in a way that leaves many refugees who attempt to gain entry along the U.S./Mexico border without the ability to appeal if their asylum applications are denied, as they’re returned to Mexico with no future court dates and no way to enter the country to find an attorney.
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Four dead, 16 missing after failed Mediterranean rafting
Nov 27, 2019 14:18Four refugees have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain's coastguard says.
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Italian coastguard rescues 149 migrants, others missing
Nov 24, 2019 09:23A crowded boat filled with migrants capsized in wind-whipped seas near a tiny Mediterranean island on Saturday, sending them tumbling into the water, said the Italian coastguard, which pulled 149 of them to safety.
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US says no plans to send asylum seekers to remote Guatemalan regions
Nov 17, 2019 03:15The US government said on Saturday that it had no plans to send asylum seekers to remote regions in Guatemala after the Central American country floated the plan during negotiations for a bilateral migration agreement this week.