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A little girl looks on upon arrival at the northern island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean sea with other migrants and refugees from Turkey /AFP

May 17th, 2018 - 05:00 GMT

EU Warns Greece Receiving More Refugees from Turkey Than Ever, More Budget Need, Police

The European Union migration officials have warned that Greece is receiving more and more refugees from Turkey this year, pinpointing the need for more budget and personnel to police the borders.

The Islamic State group was developing a laptop computer bomb to blow up a commercial aircraft, according to Israeli government spies who hacked into the militants' operations. (Shuttershock)

June 13th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

Intelligence Prompting ‘Laptop Ban’ Came from Daesh Hack by Israel

Refugees queue up in front of the refugee reception platform of France Terre d'asile NGO on boulevard de la Villette, northern Paris on January 26, 2017. (AFP/Geoffery van der Hasselt)

January 27th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

EU calls on member states to end deadlock on refugee crisis

A refugee mother with child somewhere in Europe. (AFP/File)

May 14th, 2016 - 08:30 GMT

EU: Italy to prevent migration routes to Austria

Children wrapped in covers stand in a harbour as migrants and refugees arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos while crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey on March 2, 2016, in Mytilene. (AFP/File)

April 22nd, 2016 - 04:00 GMT

Turkey and EU contemplate visa-free travel deal to Europe

Eritrean protesters demand asylum in Israel. (AFP/File)

April 5th, 2016 - 09:00 GMT

Deported refugees sent to holding centre in Turkey

People gather to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Brussels airport and metro bombings, on the Place de la Bourse in central Brussels, on March 23, 2016, a day after the triple blasts killed some 30 people and left around 250 injured. (AFP/Aurore Belot)

March 24th, 2016 - 02:30 GMT

Belgian police launch broad investigation into militant networks in Brussels

Migrants from Pakistan wait to enter Moria camp for migrants and refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos on March 21, 2016. (AFP/Stringer)

March 22nd, 2016 - 07:00 GMT

Greece begins detaining refugees to send back to Turkey

Injured people get assistance on the scene of an explosion on the pedestrian Istiklal avenue in Istanbul on March 19, 2016. (AFP/STR)

March 20th, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

World leaders condemn Istanbul bombing

Migrants and refugees cross a river on their way to Macedonia from a makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border on March 14, 2016, where thousands are stranded by the Balkan border blockade. (AFP/Sakis Mitrolidis)

March 16th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

European Commissioner urges EU states to relocate 6,000 migrants per week

Refugees look through a fence towards the Macedonian side at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni on March 1 , 2016, where thousands are stranded. (AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)

March 10th, 2016 - 01:30 GMT

EU on alert for alternative migration routes as borders close

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January 19th, 2016 - 05:27 GMT

‘Relocation does not work’: The failure of the EU’s refugee program

About 1000 migrants and refugees are escorted by Slovenian police from the border with Croatia near the village Rigonce in Slovenia on October 22, 2015. (AFP/File)

October 22nd, 2015 - 04:27 GMT

Refugees are costing Slovenia more than $800,000 a day: interior minister