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Germany expects 300,000 asylum seekers this year: official
Nearly 1.1 million asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year
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Australia returns Sri Lankans from 'people-smuggling' boat
More than 25 boats have been returned since the introduction of Operation Sovereign Borders in September 2013
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The new world disorder
Indigenous lone wolves, wreaking havoc in the West
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Afghan refugees suffering for no fault of theirs
The alleged ‘undocumented refugees’ are the ones the govt institutions failed to reach and register
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Irregular Pakistani migrant flows
European policymakers have made it harder for people of certain nationalities to claim asylum
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'Terrorists' smuggled into Europe with refugees, says Merkel
More than 1 million migrants arrived in Germany last year, many of them Syrians
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No summer break for migrant schoolchildren in Greek camp
There will be no summer holidays for these pupils as Greece prepares plans to educate around 8,500 refugee children
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More emotions than reason
K-P belongs to Afghans: Mahmood Khan Achakzai
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A humanitarian crisis
The government has now granted, somewhat belatedly, Afghan refugees an additional six months to stay in Pakistan
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The limbo of displacement
Pakistan govt is under internal pressure to send back both unregistered & registered Afghans living across the country
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At least 10 dead on migrant boat sinking off Italy
107 people have been rescued from the stricken vessel, says coastguard
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More EU-bound migrants leaving from Egypt: EU agency
The number of boat crossings from Egypt to Italy has reached 1,000 (so far) this year
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Xenophobia towards refugees
Pakistanis are now displaying the same xenophobic tendencies towards Afghan refugees
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Unhcr Event : World Refugee Day observed in Quetta
Theme of the World Refugee Day was 'We stand together with the refugees'
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'Death to traitors', UK MP murder suspect tells court
Thomas Mair was charged with grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with intent to commit an indictable offence
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U.N. chief urges countries to help Greece with migrant crisis
Tsipras asked for solidarity so that his country could deal with migrant crisis
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Indonesia says 44 migrants must sail on after being resupplied
The boat carrying the 44 people was found stranded off the coast of the northern Indonesian province of Aceh last week
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German minister tells doctors to be tougher on migrants facing deportation
Doctors issuing too many certificates where there is no real health reason not to deport someone, says Maiziere
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'Ramazan row' behind fire at German refugee shelter
Witnesses say there had been recurring tensions between followers of different religions in the Red Cross-run facility
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14 missing after boat overturns in southwest China
Rescuers have pulled four people from the lake since the boat carrying 18 passengers capsized
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Greece rescues hundreds of migrants in sinking off Crete, recovers four bodies
In total, 340 people were rescued by midday, Greek authorities say
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Dozens hurt as brawl breaks out between Pakistani, Afghan migrants in Greece
Three of the injured, two Pakistanis and an Afghan, were hospitalised, two of them with head injuries
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Bodies of at least 25 migrants washed up in western Libya: Red Crescent
Al-Khamis Al-Bosaifi said aid workers were still recovering the bodies
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Paris mayor says wants to create refugee camp
Authorities are assessing sites for their suitability to host a camp 'as soon as possible', says Anne Hidalgo
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Walls of intolerance
Western countries now reaping the refugee and asylum crisis are the victims of their own actions
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Pope meets children, says migrants "not dangerous, but in danger"
The meeting followed a surge in migrant traffic this week, with more than 14,000 saved from overcrowded boats
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Malaysia accepts 68 Syrian refugees
Last December, the Southeast Asian country accepted the first batch of 11 migrants who had relatives in Malaysia
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Greece eyes evacuation of Idomeni border camp
Greece plans a police operation to evacuate the migrant camp of Idomeni on its border with Macedonia
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Canada highlights Syrian refugees in bid for UN Council seat
Canada has welcomed more than 26,000 Syrian refugees following a campaign pledge by Trudeau
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Australian minister under fire for 'illiterate' refugees comment
Peter Dutton was responding to proposals by the Labor opposition to boost Australia's annual refugee intake
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"Bachelor ban" in Qatar tests relations with migrant workers
The influx of workers has also raised concern among Qataris that rapid demographic change threatens their way of life
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Germany puts refugees to work... for one euro
Zaid is one of many refugees who has taken on tasks ranging from repairing bicycles to cleaning sidewalks
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Refugees and migrants: a crisis of solidarity
This is not a crisis of numbers; it is a crisis of solidarity
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Pope rebukes "weary" Europe, says migrants not criminals
Francis made his pointed comments in the presence of top EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel
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Greece sends 49 migrants, including four Pakistanis, back to Turkey
Expulsions came as tensions flared at a migrants' camp on Greek island of Lesbos during a visit by Migration Minister
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Italy president says hundreds appear to have died in new migrant disaster
Several hundred people die in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean
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Pope Francis takes Syrian refugees on aircraft from Greece
Three families of Syrian refugees boarded Pope Francis's plane heading back to the Vatican
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Greece blasts Macedonia for using 'excessive force' on migrants
Greek government lodges two "very strong protests" with Macedonian authorities
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Driven out of the EU
The doors to the EU are closing, and unlikely to open again in the foreseeable future
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Germany asylum requests drop 66 percent to 20,000 in March
The numbers for January-March were down to 170,000 compared to over 500,000 for October-December 2015
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Turkey approves agreement to repatriate Pakistani migrants
Forty-five male Pakistanis arrived back in Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos
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Pakistani man threatens suicide in Lesbos camp protest
202 illegal migrants, mostly from Pakistan, have so far been sent back
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UNHCR warns against immediate refugee returns to Turkey
About 51,000 refugees and migrants are in Greece, where arrivals more than doubled on Tuesday
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Canadian priest gambles away funds meant for Mideast refugees
Father Amer Saka called the church bishop to confess his wrongdoings and admitted that funds have been lost last month
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Pope slams Europe over migrants, denounces paedophile priests
The Argentine pope did not spare his own Church, fiercely denouncing paedophile priests
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Is Italy ready for the next wave of migrants?
Italian Interior Ministry has so far registered 13,829 arrivals this year, compared with 10,075 in 2015
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The deportee problem
The sheer volume of deportees carries another less obvious difficulty running alongside — that of credibility & trust
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EU, Turkey strike 'historic' deal to send back migrants
Under the deal, all migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey as early as Sunday will be turned back
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There is an Instagram account dedicated to 'hot migrants’ and it's dividing the internet
The account is dedicated to ‘handsome men on their journey to Europe'
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Play about a French Muslim president hits nerve in Germany's refugee crisis
Weekly Die Zeit says 'Submission' describes how a pre-modern Muslim ideology turns Western society upside down