13 children among 22 migrants drowned off Greece
ATHENS: At least 22 migrants, among them 13 children, drowned overnight when two boats sank… Read More
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Seven children die after migrant boats sink off Greece
At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as… Read More
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Slovenia to ask EU for police back-up to cope with influx of migrants
LJUBLJANA/KLJUC BRDOVECKI, CROATIA: Slovenia said on Tuesday it would ask the European Union to send… Read More
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Migrants may bring epidemics, warns Polish president
WARSAW: Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda on Sunday said his government should take steps to… Read More
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Croatia diverts migrants to Slovenia after Hungary border closure
OPATOVAC, CROATIA/LJUBLJANA: Migrants streaming across the Balkans reached Slovenia on Saturday, diverted overnight by the… Read More
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85 dead migrants found washed up in Libya: Red Crescent
TRIPOLI: The bodies of 85 migrants have been found washed up on the coast of… Read More
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Migrants break into Channel Tunnel as tension mounts in Calais
LILLE/LONDON: About 200 migrants broke into the Channel Tunnel from France while several hundred others… Read More
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Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, 17 Syrians dead: report
ANKARA: Seventeen Syrian refugees including five children drowned Sunday when their boat sank in Turkish… Read More
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World has 'lost humanity' on Syria: Malala
UNITED NATIONS: Teenaged Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai appealed Friday for leaders to do more on Syria, saying… Read More
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Croatia overwhelmed by flood of migrants, EU calls summit
TOVARNIK, CROATIA: Amid chaotic scenes at its border with Serbia, Croatia said on Thursday it… Read More
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Babies and children die in new migrant tragedy off Greece
ATHENS: At least 28 people, half of them babies and children, drowned in another migrant… Read More
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Hungarian TV journalist fired for tripping up fleeing migrants
BUDAPEST: A camerawoman for a private television channel in Hungary was fired late on Tuesday… Read More
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Turkey detains fifth suspect over migrant toddler's death: report
ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities have detained a fifth suspect over the deaths of 12 Syrian migrants… Read More
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Germany pledges 6 bn euros for refugees as France vows to take 24,000
BERLIN: Germany pledged billions in new funds for refugees Monday, as Chancellor Angela Merkel said… Read More
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Austria, Germany open borders to migrants offloaded by Hungary
HEGYESHALOM, HUNGARY/VIENNA: Austria and Germany threw open their borders to thousands of exhausted migrants on… Read More
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At least 14 killed as boat overloaded with migrants capsizes off Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: An overloaded wooden boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants… Read More
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Nine Syrian refugees die off Turkish coast — heart-rending images surface on social media
ISTANBUL: At least nine Syrian migrants trying to reach Greece drowned early Wednesday when two boats sank… Read More
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Europe ‘shaken’ after 50 migrants found dead in truck
PARNDORF, AUSTRIA: As many as 50 refugees were found dead in a parked truck in… Read More
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Pope criticizes nations that close doors to migrants
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis on Wednesday called for respect for migrants and suggested that "people… Read More
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‘Somehow, they made it’
Bangkok: On May 14, AFP's Christophe Archambault photographed a boat adrift off the coast of… Read More
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