Tough refugee deal between EU and Turkey
The refugee deal prevents millions of Syrians from continuing on to Europe. They are stuck in Turkey. Tensions are increasing there, and there are attacks on the refugees, who have bad living conditions
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Migration routes to Europe: How policy makers are impacting travel
The results of European policy-maker’s decisions can be measured in how the numbers of migrants choosing particular routes to Europe rise and fall. And as one route is closed, another opens.
Syrian refugees return home from Turkey for Eid Al-Adha
Tens of thousands of refugees are returning to Syria from Turkey to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice that begins on Friday. The Turkish authorities have set up a registration system allowing refugees with temporary protection to return to Turkey legally once they have been home.
Dream of Europe turns deadly at Bulgaria's border
The journey to Europe by a family of Iraqi refugees ended in tragedy after Bulgarian officials blocked their path. Trifa's story illustrates the human cost of closing borders. Dimitar Ganev reports.
Drones to secure Bulgarian-Turkish border
Bulgaria is stepping up its fight against illegal migration with plans to massively expand securement along its border with Turkey. Defense minister Karakachanov announced an increase in military and surveillance systems.
Significant drop in refugee arrivals after successful implementation of EU deal
A sharp decline in numbers of refugee arrivals in Greece over the past year shows that the EU-Turkey refugee deal is achieving its objectives. While Greece benefits from the relief, migrants opt to seek other sea routes to reach Italian shores instead.
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Refugee arrivals have fallen in Greece one year after the EU-Turkey deal. A Senegalese organization works to raise awareness on migration and what direction should the EU take on migration policy? All this and more in today's roundup.
Refugee arrivals drop in Greece a year after Turkey-EU deal
A new report published by the Italian association of juridical studies (ASGI) says that the number of migrant arrivals has reduced in Greek islands. Detentions had gone up and some asylum seekers were not being readmitted in Turkey.
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Italy threatens to turn away foreign ships with rescued migrants. In Spain, immigrant families are saving small towns from depopulation, and in Germany, Palestinian-Syrian pianist Aeham Ahmad shares his story with InfoMigrants. This and more in today's news roundup.
Refugees in Turkey: cooking for the future
The cookery school 'Amazon Queens' in Harran in southeastern Turkey opened its doors to over one hundred refugee women last year. The goal is to offer training as well as to preserve the culinary traditions of areas destroyed by war.
'Bild' newspaper: More refugees allocated to the EU than agreed upon
The EU is taking in more than fives times the number of refugees than was originally set out by the EU-Turkey deal. The discrepancy is a result of slow asylum processings in Greece.
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Syrian refugees are going back to Turkey undercover. Italy allocates 150 million euros for migrant reception at the municipal level and Spain grants protection to fewer refugees than any other country in Europe. All this and more in today's roundup.