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Pope Francis brings home 12 refugees after Greece visit
Pontiff highlights the plight of refugees during his visit to a migrant camp on the island of Lesbos
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EU wades into Erdogan satirical song spat
Turkey faced new accusations from Brussels of trying to muzzle the media on Wednesday after the government called for a satirical song about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to be deleted. The tune, which lambasts Erdogan’s crackdown on...
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Greece and Turkey prepare for refugee deal
'We believe this temporary humanitarian operation will work,' says Turkey's Ambassador to Canada Selcuk Unal
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Europe deports migrants
First group of refugees ferried from the Greek islands to Turkey as part of a controversial EU plan to curb migration to Europe
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Cyprus objections could derail EU‒Turkey migrant deal
Cyprus said on Tuesday it won’t back any acceleration of negotiations for Turkey’s EU membership, jeopardising an accord between the EU and Ankara. The EU wants to finalise a deal with Turkey over the return of refugees and migrants...
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Refugee convention “must be applied” in Turkey says UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
EU leaders are set to meet on Thursday and Friday. They are going to be discussing and, they hope, finalising a migration deal with Turkey. Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth has described it as “a stark repudiation of international law...
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Socialist MEPs calls for unity ahead of EU-Turkey summit deal
Demonstrators, led by the Socialist group in the European Parliament, have called for EU member countries to stop building walls to keep out refugees and migrants and to work together to solve the crisis. Martin Schulz, the European...
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Cyprus warns it will veto EU-Turkey deal: exclusive
Cyprus will veto a planned EU-Turkey deal on refugees unless Ankara recognises the country’s Greek Cypriot government, President Nicos Anastasiades told euronews in an interview on Thursday. Last week, Germany brokered a deal with the...
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EU leaders begin negotiations on controversial refugee deal
EU leaders gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a decisive summit to stop more refugees and migrants coming into Europe. The controversial draft deal would see one Syrian refugee from Turkey resettled in the EU for every migrant Turkey...
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Refugees could be returned from Greece to Turkey as soon as Sunday under new EU deal
EU leaders and Turkey’s prime minister have approved a controversial deal on refugees which will see all migrants arriving in Greece from Sunday onwards being sent back to Turkey. The EU in turn will resettle thousands of Syrian refugees...
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Turkey suicide bombing kills 5
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on a major pedestrian thoroughfare in Istanbul on Saturday
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EU plan to save Schengen unveiled ahead of crunch summit
It is a last-ditch attempt to save Schengen. The European Commission has unveiled a timetable to restore the fraying open border zone this year, as it scrambles to stem the migrant crisis. Deploying a common European Border and Coast...
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Migrant crisis: Ankara under pressure to act at emergency summit
EU leaders are talking migration with Turkey’s prime minister at an emergency summit in Brussels. Ankara is under pressure to take back economic migrants and tackle smugglers, in return for aid and concessions. Prime Minister Ahmet...
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Turkey demands more cash and faster visa-free travel for migrant help
Turkey is offering to step up its help to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis, but it wants more money and faster visa-free travel. Ankara is reportedly demanding an extra three billion euros, doubling the amount already pledged by the EU....
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Turkey needs something in return for migrant deal, says Ankara’s envoy to EU
The tentative deal struck between the EU and Turkey has drawn criticism from NGOs, the UN and across the political spectrum. But just how will it be enforced once it is fully finalised? Gulsum Alan, a journalist with euronews’ Turkish...
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EU ministers cool on Turkey ‘deal’
EU interior ministers gave a cool reaction on Thursday to a tentative deal with Turkey that would see visa restrictions eased in return for stemming the flow of migrants to Greek shores. The accord was brokered in late-night talks in...
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Turkey blast scene
At least 27 people were killed and 75 injured in an explosion in the Turkish capital Ankara on Sunday, says Ankara governor's office
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Turkey internal crackdown after deadly Ankara bombing
Response also includes airstrikes in Iraq; jets raid 18 positions of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
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Spain hits out at Turkey migration ‘deal’
Spain hit out on Monday at a German-brokered migration deal with Turkey that will be debated by EU leaders later this week. Chancellor Angela Merkel hammered out the outlines of an accord last week that would see Turkey take back...
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Ankara explosion aftermath
Turkish citizens concerned following deadly car bomb attack
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Frontex warns of more migrant arrivals
The head of the EU’s border control agency has warned more migrants will arrive on Europe’s shores this year. Fabrice Leggeri said various conflicts and geopolitical crises would cause more people to leave their homelands this year. He...
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NATO agrees Aegean Sea mission
NATO will send ships to the Aegean Sea to combat people smuggling. The alliance overcame ongoing tensions between Greece and Turkey to agree a deal after late night talks in Brussels. Both countries had raised objectings, saying the...
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EU’s Schulz slams Hungary’s ‘populist’ migrant referendum
Hungary’s decision to hold a referendum on the EU’s relocation scheme for refugees and migrants has been branded as ‘populist’ by the European Parliament president Martin Schulz. Speaking to euronews’ Gregoire Lory, the German politician...
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A golden moment at Toronto's Pearson airport
Rescue group welcomes 8 golden retrievers abandoned in Turkey