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Greece begins moving migrants from Idomeni camp
Greece has begun evacuating thousands of stranded migrants from the makeshift Idomeni camp on its northern border with Macedonia. The operation began at dawn and witnesses reported police vehicles and buses standing by to transfer people to better organised facilities. Riot police have been deployed but officials say...
Iraq Shia protesters camp out in Green Zone after storming
Supporters of a powerful Shia Muslim cleric have set up camp outside parliament in Baghdad, after thousands stormed the Green Zone secure area. For the first time in weeks of protests they broke into the area, home to embassies and government buildings. A state of emergency has been declared. Security forces used tear gas and...
Australia’s Manus Island migrant camp left in limbo
The fate of asylum seekers held in Papua New Guinea remains unclear after the country's Supreme Court ruled their detention was unconstitutional. Australia sends asylum seekers to the Manus Island detention centre under its offshore processing policy. The Australian government is still waiting for advice from Papua New...