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Up to 500 migrants drown in the Mediterranean
The survivors from Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan say they were transferred to another vessel when it sank.
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Italy coast guard confirms six corpses found in migrant boat
The bodies were found by humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee on a rubber dingy on Sunday.
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Pope Francis takes Syrian refugees on aircraft from Greece
Three families of Syrian refugees boarded Pope Francis's plane heading back to the Vatican earlier today.
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Five migrants drown off Greek island of Samos after boat capsizes
Five other migrants were rescued.
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Migrant arrivals on Greek islands slow, some still trying to leave Turkey
Three days after the EU-Turkey deal came into force, new arrivals on the Greek islands from Turkey dropped.
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Uncertainty reigns a day before migrants are to be returned to Turkey
The return of the migrants is a key part of an agreement between the European Union and Turkey.
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OPINION: How teachers can help migrant learners feel more included
Helen Hanna says if migrant children’s identities are ignored, they may feel detached from school.
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Germany wants refugees to integrate or lose residency rights
There are plans for a law that will require refugees to learn German & integrate into society.
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Migrants protest to be let through Greek-Macedonian border
Around 50,000 migrants and refugees remain trapped in Greece after a domino of border closures.
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Italy rescues hundreds of migrants at sea, recovers body
Italy's coastguard and navy tweeted that they had picked up the migrants from several different vessels.
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Hundreds of migrants march out of Greek camp, cross to Macedonia
Macedonian police said three migrants had drowned crossing a river near the Greek border.
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Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
At least 12,000 people were waiting to cross the frontier although other nations have closed their borders.
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Merkel defends migrant stance in last push before ‘Super Sunday’
Chancellor Angela Merkel is trying to secure a Europe-wide solution to stem the flow of refugees.
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Macedonian police fire tear gas on migrants storming Greek border
Crowds who gathered at the razor wire fence proceeded to use a heavy metal pole to bring down a gate.
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Up to 70,000 migrants may be trapped in Greece next month
Greece says that a Nato plan to crack down on smugglers could limit migrant flows significantly.
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Migrant arrivals to Europe up sharply from 2015
At least 102,500 people have landed on Greek islands this year & 7,500 in Italy, the IOM said.
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Austria cap frustrates EU efforts to tackle migrant crisis
Austria undermined Germany’s push to seek a joint EU solution to the crisis in tandem with Turkey.
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Germany expecting 500,000 refugees in 2016
During 2015, the country opened its borders to some 1.1 million refugees.
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‘Number of migrants reaching Europe by sea soars 10-fold’
The number of arrivals topped 76,000, and the number of deaths shot up to 409 on Mediterranean routes.
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French Adviser: End to Schengen deal would cost Europe €110 billion
Several governments have already temporarily reintroduced controls at their borders with fellow EU states.
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IOM: More than 62,000 migrant arrivals in Greece last month
There were more than 360 deaths among migrants in the waters off Greece, Turkey & Italy last month.
