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Paris evacuates 1,850 refugees from city camp
Jun 07, 2016 01:38Authorities in France have evacuated 1,850 refugees from a makeshift camp in the north of the country’s capital, Paris.
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133 refugee bodies found on Libyan coast: Red Cross
Jun 05, 2016 11:24The Libyan Red Cross says the bodies of 133 refugees, including five children, have been washed up on Libya’s western coast in recent days.
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Shipwrecks in Mediterranean killed 880 refugees last week: UN
May 31, 2016 16:27The United Nations (UN) refugee agency says at least 880 asylum-seekers died in recent incidents trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe.
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Turkey warns EU it will abandon refugee deal if no visa-free travel
May 30, 2016 11:26Turkey has threatened to quit a deal with the European Union (EU) to stem the flow of refugees if its citizens are not granted visa-free travel to the 28-nation bloc.
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Europe may soon be swept by a new wave of migrants
May 30, 2016 04:59These days, as Europe is engaged in a behind the scenes fight with Turkey to put an end to the flow of illegal migrants along the “Turkish route”, European officials prefer to keep silent about yet another impressive wave of migrants coming to the EU from Africa.
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UN rapporteur raps EU-Turkey deal to stop refugees
May 16, 2016 12:21The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights of refugees, has strongly denounced a recently signed agreement between the European Union and Turkey over curbing the flow of asylum seekers to Europe.
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Italians protest against NATO's military satellite
May 16, 2016 10:57Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Italy to protest against a NATO military communications satellite system, which they say is harmful to human health.
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Rising arson attacks on refugee centers alarming: Police
May 15, 2016 10:55Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office has expressed concern over an increase in the number of arson attacks on refugee shelters amid growing anti-asylum seeker sentiment in the European country.
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Turkey not very hopeful about EU refugee deal: Minister
May 13, 2016 13:40Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs Volkan Bozkir cast serious doubt Friday over the prospects of realizing a deal between Ankara and the EU on refugees, which would provide visa-free travel for Turks in Europe's borderless Schengen zone.
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Over 40 million people internally displaced in 2015: Aid group
May 11, 2016 01:19The total number of people internally displaced by wars and conflicts around the world reached 40.8 million by the end of 2015, says an international aid group.