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Dalai Lama says Europe belongs to Europeans, not refugees
Sep 15, 2018 03:20The Tibetan spiritual Leader, the Dalai Lama, has sparked anger after saying “Europe belongs to Europeans” and that refugees need to return to their countries.
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UK urged to relax rules on foreign students staying after education
Sep 12, 2018 03:01A report commissioned by the British government has urged authorities to relax rules on foreign students who want to stay in the country after finishing their education.
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Over 100 refugees drowned off Libya in early Sept.: MSF
Sep 11, 2018 04:29More than 100 refugees perished in boat incidents off Libya’s coastline early this month, and the survivors — including pregnant women, babies, and severely-burned people — were taken into detention in Libya, aid group Doctors Without Borders (MSF) says.
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10,000 unaccompanied minor refugees in Spain
Sep 05, 2018 14:55Madrid estimates that 10,000 minor refugees are on Spanish soil alone without their parents and has unblocked 40 million euros ($46.5 million) for regions willing to welcome them, the health ministry said Wednesday.
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Refugee files claim over daughter's death after US detention
Aug 29, 2018 10:38A Guatemalan asylum seeker has filed a claim against US authorities for the "wrongful death" of her daughter, who died six weeks after their detention by US immigration police, her attorneys said Tuesday.
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Refugees rejected by Italy tortured, raped: UN
Aug 29, 2018 06:47African refugees who were rejected by Italy last week said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had been beaten, tortured and raped, the UN migration agency said on Tuesday.
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UN appeals to EU states to accept refugees stranded on Italian Coast Guard ship
Aug 25, 2018 12:12The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has urged EU countries to take responsibility for over 150 refugees, mostly from Eritrea, who have been stranded on an Italian Coast Guard vessel for several days.
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EU condemns Italian ‘threats’ to suspend funding over refugees
Aug 25, 2018 00:39The European Union has censured Italy’s recent “threats” to suspend its funding to the bloc if Brussels fails to relocate the refugees held on an Italian Coast Guard ship.
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About 177 refugees refused authorization to disembark in Italy
Aug 21, 2018 23:08The 177 refugees aboard the Diciotti rescue ship who arrived in the Sicilian seaport of Catania still remain on board as they have not received official authorization to disembark.
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Spain, Portugal to take in most Aquarius refugees
Aug 15, 2018 08:37Spain and Portugal on Tuesday offered to take in most of the 141 refugees on board the Aquarius after it was given permission to dock in Malta, resolving a new standoff over the rescue ship.