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Russia Won’t Take Back Refugees Who Crossed Into Norway

Russia Won’t Take Back Refugees Who Crossed Into Norway

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 26, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

MOSCOW – Moscow does not want to take back refugees who crossed into Norway from Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday in a dispute over 5,400 migrants that Oslo wants to deport. Norway’s right-wing government toughened policies...

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Greece Threatened with Exclusion from Schengen over Migrant Crisis

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 25, 2016 | World

European Union interior ministers on Monday urged Greece to do more to control the influx of migrants, some threatening to exclude it from the continent’s prized passport-free travel zone as the crisis increasingly divides the bloc’s members. Greece was...

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EU Confident Can Deliver $3 Billion in Assistance to Turkey

EU Confident Can Deliver $3 Billion in Assistance to Turkey

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 25, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

ANKARA – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Monday she was “very confident” the bloc would deliver a promised 3 billion euros ($3.2 bln) in assistance to Turkey to help stem migrant flows, despite the funding being blocked by...

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Pressure Builds on Merkel to Close Borders

Pressure Builds on Merkel to Close Borders

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2016 | World

BERLIN – A group of conservative lawmakers urged Angela Merkel to reverse her open-door refugee policy as a poll showed a slide in support for her bloc on Tuesday, raising the stakes for a German chancellor exposed by deep rifts in her right-left coalition. With...

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Thousands of Refugee Children Could Starve to Death on Migrant Route

Thousands of Refugee Children Could Starve to Death on Migrant Route

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 19, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East, World

GENEVA – Thousands of refugee children travelling along the migration route through Turkey and southeastern Europe are at risk from a sustained spell of freezing weather in the next two weeks, the United Nations and aid agencies said on Tuesday. The U.N. weather...