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About 400,000 Syrian child refugees in Turkey out of school: UNICEF
Jan 20, 2017 02:44The United Nations Children’s Agency, UNICEF, says nearly 400,000 Syrian child refugees living in Turkey are currently out of school and at risk of becoming a "lost generation."
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Far-right Greek MP leads raid into primary school in Athens
Jan 18, 2017 09:05Several members of a far-right Greek party headed by a prominent MP have raided a primary school in Athens to prevent the staff from admitting refugee children in classrooms.
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180 'presumed dead' after refugee boat sinking in Mediterranean
Jan 17, 2017 11:42The death toll from the January 14 capsizing of a refugee ship in the Mediterranean stands at four, with nearly 180 missing, presumed dead, survivors have said.
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Over 100 refugees feared dead off Libya coast
Jan 15, 2017 06:30Scores of people are feared dead in an incident involving a boat that capsized in the Mediterranean Sea while carrying 110 asylum seekers.
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Germany to return refugees to Greece from March
Jan 12, 2017 16:27A German official says Berlin will in two months' time begin returning newly arrived refugees from Greece to their first landing location in the European Union.
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Europe refugee arrivals plunge by two thirds in 2016: Border agency
Jan 06, 2017 14:04The number of refugees landing in Europe via two main maritime routes in 2016 nosedived by almost two-thirds to 364,000 in comparison with the year before, according to the EU border agency Frontex.
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About 48 Iraqi refugees discovered on Romania border
Dec 31, 2016 14:13Romanian border guards have intercepted a truck illegally transporting nearly 50 Iraqi citizens.
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Libyan Red Crescent teams recover 11 refugee bodies
Dec 28, 2016 11:09Rescue workers have recovered nearly a dozen bodies of drowned refugees washed ashore in Libya.
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Merkel urges quicker deportation of rejected asylum seekers
Dec 24, 2016 10:02German Chancellor Angela Merkel has declared plans to hasten the expulsion of rejected asylum seekers after the Tunisian suspect in Berlin’s deadly truck attack on Christmas shoppers was killed by police in Italy.
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Separate rallies back, slam refugees in Germany
Dec 23, 2016 03:07Several thousand people have taken part in a rally in the German city of Munich to commemorate the victims of a recent terrorist attack and show support for refugees, whom far-rightists have been collectively blaming for the incident.