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France reports 'historic' 100,000 asylum applications in 2017
Jan 08, 2018 16:41France has reported a "historic" record of asylum claims in the last year amid efforts by officials to legitimize deportations for asylum seekers who have come to the European country due to economic reasons.
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At least 25 refugees dead in shipwreck off Libya
Jan 06, 2018 16:38At least 25 people have drowned off Libya after a dinghy, possibly carrying some 150 refugees, ran into trouble, two rescue organizations say.
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Danish right-wing party urges ban on new mosques in refugee-dominated areas
Jan 06, 2018 09:23Denmark’s far-right People’s Party (DPP) has unveiled a plan to tackle “social problems” in ghettos mostly populated by asylum seekers, which calls for a ban on the construction of new mosques.
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Blocked from Europe, refugees settle in Morocco
Dec 26, 2017 13:55Unable to reach Europe in search of a better life, Aliou Ndiaye settled in Morocco instead, giving up on his original goal like thousands of other sub-Saharan African refugees.
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UN says there are 258 million migrants in world today
Dec 19, 2017 06:48The United Nations (UN) has estimated that 258 million people have left their native countries and are currently residing in other nations, a 49-percent rise since 2000.
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Refugee arrivals in Germany drop for 2nd straight year
Dec 17, 2017 13:03The number of new asylum seekers in Germany has fallen for a second year in a row following the mass influx that peaked in 2015, the government said Sunday.
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Nearly 900 refugees rescued off Libya arrive in Italy
Dec 11, 2017 14:14Sicily on Monday welcomed nearly 900 refugees rescued in Mediterranean waters off the coast of Libya in the past few days, with many expressing relief at having escaped the "Libyan hell".
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Thousands of anti-fascist demonstrators rally in Italy
Dec 10, 2017 08:23Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in the northern Italian city of Como, denouncing anti-refugee activities by the far-right groups in the country.
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EU lodges complaint against 3 states refusing to relocate refugees
Dec 07, 2017 14:22The European Union has lodged an official complaint against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over the three countries’ refusal to contribute to the implementation of a refugee relocation scheme that was adopted more than two years ago.
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African Union urges swift relocation of refugees from overcrowded camps in Libya
Nov 30, 2017 16:06African Union leaders have called on their European counterparts to help relocate thousands of refugees currently stranded in camps in violence-plagued Libya.