Europe's migration crisis
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UNHCR chief questions EU refugee strategy with Turkey
ReutersThe U.N. refugee agency chief questioned on Monday the European Union's strategy of building more camps in Turkey to stem the flow of refugees into Europe, saying it would be more effective if host countries allowed refugees to work. -
A Moroccan migrant is helped by a Red Cross worker next to a refugee on a wheelchair who claims to be a Syrian, after arriving on a makeshift boat at El Tarajalillo beach in the Canary Island of Gran Canaria, Spain, October 12, 2015. Some 14 migrants arrived in the fishing boat, with two of them claiming to be Syrians, according to local authorities. REUTERS/Borja Suarez
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Uproar over German fireman who set asylum shelter ablaze
ReutersGerman politicians are expressing outrage over the case of a fireman who has admitted to setting an asylum shelter ablaze and been allowed to walk free pending charges. -
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Refugees in Pakistan hit by aid cuts as Europe crisis drains funds
ReutersAid programs for some of the 2.5 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan are being slashed amid the worst funding shortfall for a generation, as the European and Syrian migrant crisis uses up cash and dominates headlines, United Nations officials said. -
An original dinghy used by migrants carries members of the parliament and volunteers on the river Spree to show conditions under which migrants cross the Mediterranean Sea, during an event organized by German NGO Sea-Watch in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany October 13, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
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A girl looks out from a temporary reception centre at Storskog border station in northern Norway October 13, 2015. At least 1200 migrants and refugees have crossed the border between Norway and Russia at Storskog border station this year, according to local media. REUTERS/Tore Meek/NTB Scanpix
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EU offers Turkey cash, closer ties for migration help
ReutersThe European Union offered Turkey a possible 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) in aid and the prospect of easier travel visas and "re-energised" talks on joining the bloc in return for its help stemming the flow of migrants to Europe. -
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Aziz Khan (C), 42, from Pakistan, who claims he was an aeronautical engineer in the Pakistanis Air Force, poses in front of his "hotel- shop" in the "New Jungle" make-shift camp as unseasonably cool temperatures arrive in Calais, northern France, October 14, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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U.N. urges EU to speed registration, relocation of refugees
ReutersThe European Union must quickly establish adequate centers to receive and register asylum seekers in Greece and Italy and then distribute them across the bloc before winter sets in, the United Nations said on Friday. -
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U.N. deplores death of Afghan shot trying to enter Bulgaria
ReutersAn Afghan asylum seeker was fatally wounded by Bulgarian border police when a warning shot ricocheted, Bulgarian officials said on Friday, in what the United Nations said was the first incident of its kind in the current migration crisis. -
Iraqi migrants Ibrahim (L) and his wife Ashty pose outside their caravan in the "New Jungle" make-shift camp as unseasonably cool temperatures arrive in Calais, northern France, October 15, 2015. More than 3,500 people, migrants and refugees are camped in Calais, fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia and now living in the jungle. Most of them are hoping to make the crossing to England. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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Worried Slovenia might build fence to cope with migrant crisis
ReutersSlovenia said it will consider all options, including fencing off its border with Croatia, if European leaders fail to agree a common approach to the migrant crisis as thousands stream into the ex-Yugoslav republic. -
Lebanese navy stops second migrant boat in a week
ReutersLebanon's navy stopped a boat carrying 35 Palestinian refugees to Turkey on Friday, the second time this week it has moved in to stop people apparently trying to travel on to Europe. -
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A volunteer (R) asks a Syrian refugee to hand over his child as they arrive aboard a raft at a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos October 23, 2015. Over half a million refugees and migrants have arrived by sea in Greece this year and the rate of arrivals is rising, in a rush to beat the onset of freezing winter, the United Nations said. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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A group of migrants wait to enter a makeshift camp at the Austrian Slovenian border near the village of Sentilj, Slovenia, October 25, 2015. Slovenia called on the European Union to take immediate action to stem the flow of refugees and migrants into the 28-member bloc as thousands more arrived in the small Alpine country on Sunday. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Balkan, EU leaders agree to coordinate on migrants
ReutersEuropean leaders agreed to cooperate to manage migrants crossing the Balkans but offered no quick fix to a crisis that threatens to take more lives as winter sets in and to set Europe's nations against one another. -
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European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) chats with Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras during a meeting over the Balkan refugee crisis with leaders from central and eastern Europe at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 25, 2015. REUTERS/Eric Vidal
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Austria plans 'technical barriers' on Slovenian border in migrant crisis
ReutersAustria will build "technical barriers" on its border with Slovenia to help control the flow of thousands of migrants crossing daily into Austrian territory, its interior minister said on Tuesday. -
Germany strikes sharper tone on refugees as Merkel sinks in polls
ReutersGermany toughened its rhetoric on Wednesday in response to an accelerating influx of asylum seekers, pledging to step up deportations of migrants and accusing its neighbor Austria of trying to push refugees over their common border after dark. -
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OPINION - Why a deal to help Turkey deal with migrants is good for Europe - not migrantsThe chaos of thousands of refugees arriving on the Greek islands daily may soon slow if the European Union and Turkey can implement a plan to keep them from coming to Europe.The deal, which has been in the works for months, calls for the European Commission to give Turkey up to 3 billion euros to step up coast guard patrols, arrest more smugglers and build six additional reception centers along its southern border with Syria. In return, Turkey has asked for visa-free travel to Europe for its 75 million citizens and the reopening of its long-stalled EU accession talks.
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Austria hopes border barriers will slow migrants
ReutersAustria on Wednesday outlined plans to build barriers including a fence at a busy border crossing to slow an influx of migrants as Germany accused Austrian authorities of shuttling groups of refugees in its direction after dark. -
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Hong Kong protests flare ahead of Xi meeting with city leader
HONG KONG Hong Kong police fired tear gas in late night street clashes with anti-government protesters, ahead of a potentially pivotal meeting between Hong Kong's leader and China's president in Beijing on Monday.