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EU considers ‘large-scale’ refugee deportations
Mar 04, 2016 07:20A senior European Union official says the 28-nation bloc is looking into a “large-scale” refugee deportation scheme amid efforts to contain the influx of asylum seekers into the continent.
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EU pressures Turkey to reduce refugee influx
Mar 04, 2016 05:46The European Union says Turkey has to do more to reduce the influx of refugees into the continent.
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Challenges behind migration of Muslims to Europe (1)
Mar 03, 2016 03:42According to the statistical figures released by the United Nations, currently, at least 59 million people in the world are migrating, mainly due to a number of factors such as war, climatic changes, drought, poverty, unemployment, or political suppression.
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France starts bulldozing refugee camp
Feb 29, 2016 16:21The French government has started dismantling a refugee camp, nicknamed ‘Jungle’, on the outskirts of the country's northern port city of Calais, using bulldozers.
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Swiss reject expulsion of foreigners in vote: Projections
Feb 28, 2016 14:20People in Switzerland have rejected in a referendum a proposed bill aimed at toughening laws against foreigners found guilty of low-level offenses, vote projections indicate.
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Switzerland to vote on automatic expulsion of foreigners
Feb 28, 2016 06:39People in Switzerland are set to cast their ballots in a referendum on whether to automatically deport foreigners who commit minor crimes.
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Whereabouts of 130,000 refugees unknown: Berlin
Feb 27, 2016 08:38Berlin says the whereabouts of some 130,000 refugees registered by Germany are unknown, a figure which is equivalent to 13 percent of the total arrivals last year.
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Disaster if EU-Turkey refugee talks fail: EU commissioner
Feb 26, 2016 14:34It would be a disaster for the European Union if its talks with Turkey on refugees fail to yield tangible results, the EU migration commissioner has warned.
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German parliament passes tighter refugee rules
Feb 25, 2016 11:54The German parliament has approved new restrictive measures aimed at speeding up the processing of refugees and containing the influx of newcomers into European Union (EU) countries.
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Greece warns EU as minister plan to curb refugees
Feb 25, 2016 08:44Greece warns any EU deal on the refugee crisis must incorporate mandatory distributions of the refugees as ministers of the bloc meet to tighten regulations.