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Turkey accepts delay in easing of EU visa rulesTurkey is now willing to accept the liberalisation of travel visa rules with the European Union by the end of the year instead of October, as previously targeted, the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag said on Sunday, citing senior Turkish governm More… |
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Italy rescues 3,000 migrants as arrivals surgeSome 3000 migrants were saved in the Strait of Sicily in 30 separate rescue missions on Tuesday, the Italian coastguard said, bringing the total to almost 10,000 in two days and marking a sharp acceleration in refugee arrivals in Italy. More… |
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Italy rescues 1,100 migrants in MediterraneanAbout 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said. The migrants were picked up from eight rubber dinghies, one large boat and two punts throug More… |
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Call to send 'stranded' Filipino migrants home from SaudiThousands of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi Arabia due to a massive layoff triggered by a slump in oil prices have pleaded to the Philippine government to expedite their repatriation. Some have not been paid for months and are More… |
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Call to send 'stranded' Filipino migrants home from SaudiThousands of Filipino workers stranded in Saudi Arabia due to a massive layoff triggered by a slump in oil prices have pleaded to the Philippine government to expedite their repatriation. Some have not been paid for months and are More… |
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20 killed, over 300 migrants rescued off Mediterranean coastRescuers saved 366 migrants from rickety boats trying to cross the Mediterranean to Italy but at least 20 people were reported to have drowned, Italian police said on Saturday. The survivors, who were rescued in four separate oper More… |
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EU proposes new migrant asylum rulesThe European Commission proposed more unified EU asylum rules on Wednesday, in a bid to stop people waiting for refugee status moving around the bloc and disrupting its passport-free zone. In an unprecedented wave of migration las More… |
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Over 1,300 migrants rescued at sea: ItalyItaly's coast guard said on Saturday it had picked up at sea 1,348 migrants in 11 rescue operations between Sicily and North Africa, bringing the total number of people saved over the past three days to more than 3,000. Two th More… |
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Greece rescues hundreds of migrants from sinking off CreteHundreds of migrants were rescued from a sinking ship on Friday in a massive operation in the southern Mediterranean off the island of Crete, the Greek coastguard said, but three bodies were also recovered. Greek search and rescue More… |
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Up to 900 migrants ‘likely died at sea this week’At least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, Medecins San Frontieres and the U.N. Refugee agency said on Sunday. About 14,000 have been resc More… |
