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Turkey on Edge as Migrants Return
When the first boatload of deported migrants arrived Monday at the Turkish port of Dikili, a small group of Turkish human rights activists turned up to welcome them. Turkey is expecting to receive another shipment of 200 migrants deported from Greece on Friday, as part of the deal reached in March between the European...
Now even MIGRANTS turn on Merkel: Refugees say German leader lured them to EU with lies
FURIOUS migrants have turned against Angela Merkel en masse and are now BLAMING her for risking the lives of their children by luring them to Europe on false pretences, Express.co.uk can exclusively reveal today. Stranded refugees launched a stinging tirade against the beleaguered German leader, saying she sold them a pack of...
Netherlands ‘rejects’ EU-Ukraine partnership deal
Voters in the Netherlands have rejected in a referendum an EU partnership deal removing trade barriers with Ukraine, preliminary results suggest. With 99.8% of the votes counted, 61.1% had said "No", with 38% supporting a deal, media reports said. Turnout is projected at 32%, above the 30% threshold of voters needed...
REVEALED: Britain is the top choice for jobseekers as EU delivers ‘ONE-WAY traffic’
BRITAIN’S status as the No.1 destination for workers from other EU countries is confirmed by a survey published today. New research shows foreign jobseekers are far likelier to want to come here than anywhere else. The UK is three times more sought after than even the next most popular choices, France and Germany. Experts...
Greece begins deporting refugees to Turkey under EU plan
Under heavy security, authorities on the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios deported 202 refugees on boats bound for Turkey — the first to be sent back as part of a controversial European Union plan to limit the amount of migration to Europe. The operation that started at dawn, as refugees were escorted onto small ferries...
BRITAIN DIVIDED: Moment protesters burnt EU flag as migration anger spirals out of control
BRITAIN was tonight perilously divided as simmering anger about mass migration boiled over into ugly violence on the streets of Dover. This disturbing video shows how far-right protesters and ultra left-wing militia went to war in the historic port town, which has become symbolic of Britain's increasingly fractious and...
Business leaders want out of EU: 250 top bosses back vote to break free from Brussels
CAMPAIGNERS for Britain to quit the EU were given another massive boost last night when 250 business leaders and entrepreneurs joined the anti-Brussels referendum surge. Tim Martin, chairman of the pub chain JD Wetherspoons, Carphone Warehouse founder David Ross and Martin Bellamy, chief executive of the Salamanca Group...
The Middle East is now Europe’s backyard
We are accustomed to thinking about policy in binary terms — domestic politics on the one hand, foreign affairs on the other. But as the tragic events in Brussels demonstrate once again, home and away are not so easily separated. Indeed, in a fundamental sense, the problems of a fragmenting Middle East are fast-becoming...
Migrants protesting EU deal show SOLIDARITY with Brussels after ISIS attack
A MIGRANT protesting at the closure of European borders has been pictured holding up a sign in solidarity with Brussels terror victims. Thousands of refugees and migrants are staging a demonstration at the Greek-Macedonian border, after the new EU-Turkey deal dubbed 'one in one out' was heavily criticised by the UN....
Death of democracy? Brussels could deploy own ARMY within the EU as migrant crisis deepens
BRUSSELS has been urged to deploy its own armed forces within the EU for the first ever time in a move which would sound the death knell for European democracy. European leaders are being asked to dispatch troops to Greece — the cradle of democracy — to combat the spiralling migrant crisis. If the plan is put into...
Migrant crisis: EU-Turkey deal comes into effect
The agreement between the EU and Turkey to tackle the migrant crisis has formally come into effect. Under the deal, migrants arriving in Greece are now expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or their claim is rejected. The influx of people crossing to Greek islands grew ahead of the deadline, and...
Migrant crisis: EU agrees joint position to put to Turkey
EU leaders have agreed a joint position to put to Turkey in an attempt to reach a deal over the migrant crisis, Luxembourg's prime minister says. Xavier Bettel said the common EU position would be put to Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu on Friday morning. The proposed deal would see all migrants travelling to Greece from Turkey...