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Refugee death was preventable: Australian coroner
Jul 30, 2018 06:44An Australian coroner rules that the death in 2014 of an asylum seeker at a notorious Canberra-run Pacific camp was “preventable,” calling on the government to improve its healthcare services to offshore detention centers.
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The US bombs and Europe gets refugees
Jul 22, 2018 16:30The US regime – with France and a few other allies – bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the US regime refuses to accept any of the resulting refugees, the burdens from which are now breaking the EU, and the EU is sinking in economic competition against America’s international corporations.
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About 19 people die in refugee boat sinking off Cyprus
Jul 18, 2018 14:53A boat transporting 150 refugees has sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the north of Cyprus, leaving at least 19 people dead and up to 30 unaccounted for, local security forces say.
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Italy seeks to relocate 450 refugees to other EU states
Jul 14, 2018 12:29Italy seeks to relocate 450 refugees waiting off its shores to other countries of the European Union as Rome struggles to stick with its policy of banning humanitarian rescue ships from docking at its ports.
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Algeria stops expelling refugees into Sahara after condemnation
Jul 14, 2018 12:16Algeria has nearly stopped the expulsions of refugees into the Sahara Desert after widespread anger and the dismissal of several senior security officials.
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'Hijacker' migrants detained by police upon arrival in Italy
Jul 13, 2018 07:57Migrants on board the Italian coastguard ship 'Diciotti' were allowed to disembark at Sicily's Trapani port, early on Friday morning, after being held up for hours due to a police inquiry.
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Desperate refugees search for seasonal jobs in Italy
Jul 12, 2018 10:18A recent influx of refugees into the Piedmont region of northern Italy means that up to 400 are now sleeping rough in the town of Saluzzo, according to local authorities.
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German ministry says one of deported Afghans committed suicide
Jul 11, 2018 11:50The German Interior Ministry says one of 69 Afghan refugees it deported last week has committed suicide on the way back home.
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Austria urges setting up 'hot spots' outside EU for processing refugees
Jul 07, 2018 14:29Austria has proposed that the European Union should entirely move its refugee application processing system outside the bloc.
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Italy's closure of ports to worsen refugee crisis: MSF
Jul 07, 2018 00:46Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned that Italy's decision to close its ports to humanitarian rescue boats would entrap more refugees in Libya's detention centers and in the hands of traffickers, where they face torture.