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Migrant crisis: Dozens drown off Turkey as boat capsizes
At least 39 migrants, including several children, have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, coastguards say. More than 60 have been rescued from the sea near the Turkish resort of Ayvacik. Local officials say they expect the death toll to rise when the capsized boat is searched. Thousands of refugees...
Up to 80,000 migrants to be expelled
AS Europe grapples with the wave of migrants, one country expects to expel up to 80,000 migrants whose asylum requests will likely be rejected. Sweden said it expects to expel up to 80,000 migrants as another dozen people including children drowned off Greece in a desperate bid to reach Europe. As the continent grapples with...
Locals and migrants across Europe tell their stories
Refugees are still striving to reach Europe. Young men, families, the elderly are trekking through snow, seeking shelter and local aid or perhaps beginning to think of a new, brighter future. But the Europe so many have reached is now fractured in its reaction — some as open and welcoming as at the height of compassion...
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A majority of people coming to Europe from the Middle East and Africa are economic migrants using asylum-seeker status as a cover, according to a top EU official. The EU may reinstate internal border controls if the crisis isn’t resolved in two months. “More than half of the people now coming to Europe come from...
At least 43 migrants drown when boats capsize off Greek islands
At least 43 people, including 17 children, drowned when their boats capsized off two Greek islands near the Turkish coast on Friday, coastguards said, marking one of the deadliest days for migrants risking the perilous route to Europe from Turkey. According to survivors' testimonies, dozens were on board a wooden sailboat...
‘You can’t buy a wife’: Finland’s lessons for migrants
Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how to behave towards women. Concerned about a rise in the number of sexual assaults in the country, the government wants to make sure that people from very conservative cultures know what to expect in their new home. Johanna is one of those energetic,...
Macedonia closes border with Greece to migrants — report
Macedonia has closed its border with Greece to migrants, AFP reports, citing police. "The border is closed," a senior Macedonian police official told AFP. The move has left around 600 refugees stranded in Greece. A police spokesman in northern Greece told the agency that the border has been closed since Tuesday...
End of Europe? Berlin, Brussels’ shock tactic on migrants
Is this how "Europe" ends? The Germans, founders and funders of the postwar union, shut their borders to refugees in a bid for political survival by the chancellor who let in a million migrants. And then — why not? — they decide to revive the Deutschmark while they're at it. That is not the fantasy of...
Cologne attackers were of migrant origin — minister
The men suspected of attacking women in Cologne on New Year's Eve were "almost exclusively" from a migration background, mainly North African and Arab, an official report says. Cologne police also made "serious mistakes" in not calling reinforcements and the way they informed the public. More than 500...
Muslim man falls in love with blonde mannequin (Video)
This video has caused a wide resonance in the European segment of the Internet....
Austria deploys army to halt migrants intending to transit through Germany
Austria is set to use its army to stop refugees intending to transit through Germany and not apply for asylum there, as hundreds are being rejected at the German border. More than 1,000 migrants with forged IDs are being turned around at the Austrian border each week. The new regulations issued by the Austrian Defense Ministry...
Caricature of action of refugee with a German girls outraged public
Journalists of the French satirical publication published the caricature of scandalous events of New Year's night in Germany, when refugees have committed sexual assaults on...