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Food distribution for migrants blocked at French port
Mayor Natacha Bouchart says the directive is to prevent “law and order issues”
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Women and child migrants raped, beaten and detained in Libyan 'hellholes': UNICEF
Children said they were beaten by adults along the way, with girls suffering more abuse than boys
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Nearly 10 anti-migrant attacks a day in Germany: govt records
Sharp rise in hate crimes comes after Germany took in some 890,000 asylum seekers in 2015
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The world in turbulence
Recent cataclysmic events have plunged our world into much turbulence
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Refugee crisis: a divisive issue for Europe
Who knew the issue of refugees would cause divisions in the ‘Free World’?
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Canada to welcome 1,200 Yezidi refugees from Iraq
Since coming to power in late 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has resettled 40,000 Syrian refugees
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Pope decries ‘populist rhetoric’ fuelling fear of immigrants
Says immigrants should not be rejected out of hand as unworthy rivals but given a ‘responsible and dignified welcome’
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Swedish PM 'surprised' by Trump's remarks
'I was, like many others I believe, surprised by the comments made about Sweden this weekend'
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One in four Canadians support temporary refugee ban
60 per cent of those surveyed say the government did a good job of resettling Syrian refugees
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Over 20 migrants flee US to seek asylum in Canada
Migrant arrivals, mostly people who are undocumented in the United States, are rising sharply in Manitoba
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Tax incentives could lure migrants back home: OECD
Study looks at 10 countries with top priority on attracting back migrants
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Cuba says United States has deported 117 Cuban migrants since policy shift
Obama repealed the special immigration policy for Cubans days before leaving the White House
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Hundreds of migrants enter Spain from Morocco
Several hundreds crossed over and many of them were hurt, as were members of the security forces, police say
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Fighting the refugee xenophobia
Pakistan can’t afford to harshly react against a ban that falls short of applying to its citizens
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Cambridge professor urges the British to learn Urdu
Crucial to see integration as a two-way street, academic says
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This Pakistani travelled to Greece illegally in hopes of a better future
Choudhary Hassan Raza now awaits deportation
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11 dead migrants found on Libya beaches
The Libyan Red Crescent said on its Facebook page that the bodies were recovered at the Hay Al Andalus beach
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Seven dead in new migrant boat tragedies: Italy
Coastguard said around 300 people had been saved
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Man arrested in Belgium over alleged terror threat
The man was detained in the Brussels commune of Schaerbeek on Monday
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Italy's tireless coastguard on busiest migrant year yet
Nearly 180,000 people have been rescued in the Mediterranean this year
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One dead in fire at migrant workers centre near Paris
Firefighters who reached the scene in the early hours said they rescued six people who would otherwise have died
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Two Pakistanis who travelled the treacherous migrant trail to reach Germany
In Germany, it’s hard to find illegal work and even if there is one, it is underpaid
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Italy’s Muslims celebrate Christmas to calm integration fears
As Christmas season kicks off in Italy, country’s newest Muslims try to integrate at any cost
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Ten bodies found in dinghy off Libyan coast
2,100 other migrants have been rescued during the day, says official
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At least 110 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Only 29 people have survived, says UNHCR spokesperson
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25 people found dead in Mediterranean migrant boat
Survivors from the vessel were picked up in an operation on Tuesday, MSF said
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Italy PM threatens EU budget veto over migrants
Italy has seen 155,000 people arrive on its shores this year, putting immense strain on its reception centres
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Rescuers save 2,400 migrants in Mediterranean, recover 14 bodies
More than 3,100 migrants have gone missing or died this year
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Rescuers save 2,400 migrants in Mediterranean, recover 14 bodies
The migrants were on rubber boats and other small vessels, it said in a statement
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Nine migrants drowned, 10 missing and 1,000 rescued off Libya
Nine bodies were found later in the day on another vessel
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Greeks find Turkish officers in migrant smuggler's car
Crammed inside a BMW with Bulgarian license plates, alongside two Iranians and three Syrians, the police said
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Charity groups ask court to halt Calais migrant camp closure in France
The organizations lodged their request at a court in Lille on Wednesday evening
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Migrant rescue 'angels' battle to save lives at sea
On Monday, more than 6,000 migrants, mainly Africans were rescued off Libya.
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Refugees: a collective problem
Increasing number of refugees is a collective problem that the world is not collectively sharing responsibility for
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Shots fired at planned migrant centre in France
Between 7,000 and 10,000 people are living in the Jungle in grim conditions
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At least 22 dead on migrant boat off Libya
Astral was left alone to deal with overloaded boat for several hrs aided only by lifeboats dropped by Spanish military
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European migrant crimes
A Pakistani man is suspected to have raped the eight-year-old daughter of an Iraqi man in Berlin
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Pakistani teen gang-raped by four in Greek migrant camp
The four Pakistani minors, aged 16 to 17, will appear before a prosecutor today
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World refugee problem
An unprecedented 65.3 million people have been forced from home
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Egypt migrant shipwreck deathtoll rises to 168
Up to 450 migrants were on board the overcrowded fishing vessel
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'No camps in France,' vows Hollande, under rightwing pressure
Hollande's government has vowed to scrap the Jungle 'before winter'
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Death toll in Egypt migrant boat capsize rises to at least 29
The dead included Egyptians and Sudanese and "other African nationalities", a health ministry official said
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New British PM calls for tougher stance on migrants
May's predecessor David Cameron last year promised that Britain would accept 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020
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Malala urges world leaders to act for refugee children
Every refugee child should have access to 12 years of schooling, says the the youngest-ever Nobel recipient
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Around 0.8m refugees in Pakistan under 18, says UNICEF
Children account for 58% of all Pakistani-origin refugees, highest for the region
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No visas for minorities
Crisis emanating from the global wave of refugees, asylum seekers and migrations has caused a major disruption in West
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Migrant-kicking camerawoman charged in Hungary
The accused is charged by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Szeged with breach of the peace
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Rescuers pull 1,725 migrants to safety from Mediterranean
Italy has become the main focus for seaborne migration to Europe
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20% of British public against admitting single Pakistani migrant: survey
Survey reveals a strong desire for reduction in migrants from Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia
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Italy rescues 6,500 migrants from Mediterranean
According to International Organization for Migration around 105,000 migrants have reached Italy by boat in 2016