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Orban welcomes Germany introducing border controls
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban welcomed Germany's introduction of temporary border controls on Sunday, telling German newspaper Bild that the measure was necessary to protect German and European values. "We have great understanding for Germany's decision and we'd like to express our solidarity," he said in comments due to be published on Monday. He said this should only be a first step, however, as Greece's borders also needed to be protected as soon as possible. (Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by Dominic Evans)
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Sky Finds 'Handbook' For EU-Bound Migrants
Refugees heading to Greece on people smugglers' boats are given a 'migrants handbook' packed with tips, maps, phone numbers and advice about getting across Europe. Among discarded life jackets and punctured rubber dinghies, Sky News discovered a tattered copy of the unique travel guide washed up on a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos. The 'rough guide' is written in Arabic and contains phone numbers of organisations which might help refugees making the journey, such as the Red Cross and UNHCR.
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At Least 28 Refugees Drown Off Coast Of Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 28 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned Sunday as they attempted a wind-swept sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, while a record number of asylum seekers reached Hungary's border with Serbia just two days before the government vows to make its southern frontier more difficult to cross. Greece's coast guard said the 28, including four infants and 10 older children, died when their wooden boat containing more than 125 people capsized near Farmakonissi. The island lies midway between Samos and Kos, two of the favored targets for smugglers sending thousands of migrants and refugees daily to Greek islands off Turkey's coast. Officials said 68 others were rescued while 30 more swam to the barely populated island. Coast guard officials said the boat may have been toppled in part because of wind gusts exceeding 50 kph (30 mph). Sunday's tragedy came just a day after two other boats capsized and at least five people — four children and a 20-year-old man — were presumed drowned. The coast guard said they still were searching for those bodies. In Hungary, army engineers crowned the top of the planned 174-kilometer (109-mile) border fence with razor wire as the government warned that, from Tuesday onward, any asylum seekers caught breaking through the barrier would be arrested and charged with a criminal offense. Police said 4,330 were detected crossing in the previous 24 hours, more than 700 higher than the previous one-day record, as trekkers strove to reach Hungary before the tougher security measures take effect. This year, more than 175,000 have passed through Hungary from Serbia en route to Western Europe, and the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban says it's determined to make Hungary a more difficult challenge, with deployments of troops and potential prison terms part of the deterrent. Hungary's lawmakers have not voted yet on whether to back government plans to deploy more than 3,000 troops in support of border police, but dozens of soldiers already were patrolling the fence Sunday. Some drove along the dirt track beside the fence in jeeps while others patrolled on foot with attack dogs. While many migrants viewed the military presence with suspicion, they were able to walk through a gap in the fence without being challenged. All soldiers appeared to be armed with assault rifles. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Germany Announces Austria Border Checks To Limit Refugee Influx
BERLIN (AP) — Germany will introduce temporary border checks on the Austrian frontier in a bid to limit the influx of refugees, the interior minister said Sunday. The measure might lead to disruption of railway services, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said without giving further details. Germany and Austria agreed over a week ago to let in migrants who had gathered in Hungary, saying it was a one-time measure to ease an emergency. Still, the influx has continued and German officials have said over the weekend that the speed of the arrivals was straining the country's ability to provide accommodation. Hungarian police say more than 186,000 people have passed through Hungary from Serbia this year en route toAustria and the migrants' major destination, Germany, which says it has taken in more than 50,000 newcomers in the past week alone. About 450,000 migrants have arrived in Germany this year. The country is expecting at least 800,000 in 2015 — by far the most in the 28-nation EU. In another tragedy on Sunday, at least 34 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned as they attempted a wind-swept crossing from Turkey to Greece, a journey often made more dangerous because smugglers require asylum seekers to pilot the overloaded craft themselves in choppy seas. Greece's coast guard said the dead, including four infants and 11 older children, drowned when their wooden boat containing more than 130 people capsized near Farmakonissi. The island lies midway between Samos and Kos, two of the favored targets for smugglers sending thousands daily to Greek islands off Turkey's coast. Smugglers typically stay behind to avoid arrest in Greece. Coast guard officials said the boat may have tipped over in part because of wind gusts exceeding 50 kph (30 mph). Rescue officials said 68 others were rescued from the sea while 30 more swam to the barely populated island. They said the survivors and the body of one child were taken to the nearby larger island of Leros. The other dead were taken aboard a Greek navy gunboat and a coast guard vessel bound for Rhodes, which has autopsy facilities. On Saturday, two other boats carrying asylum seekers capsized in the Aegean and at least five people — four children and a 20-year-old man — were presumed drowned. The coast guard said they still were searching for those bodies. Such risks have not deterred scores of boats to make the crossing daily to Greece's eastern islands, from where migrants pursue a more than 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) odyssey to the heart of the European Union via the Balkans and Hungary, where authorities have vowed to fortify their southern frontier and prosecute those who try to evade border police. Hungarian army engineers spent Sunday expanding the country's planned 174-kilometer (109-mile) border fence with Serbia and crowning it with coils of razor wire as the government warned that, from Tuesday onward, any asylum seekers caught breaking through the barrier would be arrested and charged with a criminal offense. Police said 4,330 were detected crossing on foot in the previous 24 hours, more than 700 higher than the previous one-day record, as trekkers strove to reach Hungary before the tougher security measures take effect. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says he's determined to make his country a more difficult challenge, with deployments of troops and potential prison terms part of the deterrent. Hungary's lawmakers have not voted yet on whether to back government plans to deploy more than 3,000 troops in support of border police, but dozens of soldiers already were patrolling the fence Sunday. Some drove along the dirt track beside the fence in jeeps while others patrolled on foot with attack dogs. While many migrants viewed the military presence with suspicion, they were able to walk through a gap in the fence without being challenged. All soldiers appeared to be armed with assault rifles. ___ Pogatchnik reported from Budapest, Hungary. Associated Press reporters Pablo Gorondi in Budapest and Demetris Nellas in Athens, Greece, contributed to this report. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Varoufakis: Why Corbyn Is Like Thatcher
A former Greek finance minister claims the new Labour chief could shift the political scenery like the ex-Conservative PM did.
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Refugees drown as boat capsizes off Greek island
Authorities say 28 refugees, half of them children, have drowned as boat sinks off Greek Island of Farmakonisi.
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At Least 28 Migrants Drown After Boat Capsizes Near Greece
About half of them were children
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Refugee crisis: 28 people including babies killed after boat capsizes off GREEK coast
At least 28 people, half of them children, have died off the GREEK coast after a wooden smuggling boat capsized, in the latest sea tragedy in the ...
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Look inside Liverpool's historic GREEK Orthodox chuch
The GREEK Orthodox Church of St Nicholas in Toxteth was taking part in the national Heritage Open Days event. The church was built between 1865 ...
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Four Infants, 10 Children Killed As Refugee Boat Sinks Off GREEK Coast, Killing 28 Total
Syrian and Afghan refugees are helped by locals and volunteers as they reach the shore of the GREEK island of Lesbos, September 13, 2015.
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Germany to start Austria border checks to limit migrants
ATHENS, GREECE (AP) — At least 28 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned Sunday as they attempted a wind-swept sea crossing from Turkey ...
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28 refugees drown off Farmakonisi in GREECE
Tens of thousands of migrants from Syria and Afghanistan have braved the treacherously rough seas this year from the Turkish coast to GREECE'S ...
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28 drown off GREECE as Hungary absorbs record number of refugees
ATHENS, GREECE — At least 28 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned Sunday as they attempted a wind-swept sea crossing from Turkey to ...
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Babies and children among 34 dead as refugee boat capsizes in another European sea tragedy
At least 34 people, among them babies and children, drowned in another migrant tragedy at sea on Sunday, the Greek coastguard said.
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Babies and children among 34 dead in new migrant tragedy ...
Athens (Greece) (AFP) - At least 34 people, among them babies and children, drowned in another migrant tragedy at sea on Sunday, the Greek coastguard said.
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28 migrants drown after boat capsizes in Aegean Sea, Greece says
Greek authorities say 28 people have drowned, half of them children, after a wooden boat used for smuggling capsized in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
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28 Killed as Boat Capsizes off Greek Island, Officials Say ...
ATHENS—At least 28 people drowned off the island of Farmakonisi in their attempt to enter Greece from Turkey, Greek authorities said on Sunday.
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Babies, children drown as migrant boat capsizes off Greek ...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Thirty-four refugees, almost half of them babies and children, drowned when their boat sank off a Greek island on Sunday, almost certainly the ...
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Greek rivals neck-and-neck a week ahead of vote
Greece's Syriza, rivals neck-and-neck in poll run up: surveys. Athens (AFP) - Greece's snap election next weekend will be a cliffhanger, with latest opinion polls ...
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GREEK snap election: Conservative New Democracy could be surprise winner as opinion polls ...
Could pro-European Vangelis Meimarakis become the next GREEK prime minister? As the snap election draws nearer, the centre-right party New ...
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Refugee Boat Sinks Near GREEK Island, 28 Drown
Syrian and Afghan refugees are helped by locals and volunteers as they reach the shore after their dinghy deflated near the GREEK island of Lesbos on ...
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28 migrants drown at sea off GREEK island
Twenty-eight refugees drowned off a GREEK island on Sunday when their boat sank, the coastguard said, thought to be the largest recorded death toll ...
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Aid convoy to leave Ulster for GREEK island of Kos in two weeks
An aid convoy to help ease the refugee crisis on the GREEK island of Kos is leaving Northern Ireland in two weeks' time. Five lorries filled with vital ...
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European migrant crisis: Germany warns it is at 'limit of capacity' as 28 asylum seekers drown off ...
Ms Merkel reportedly called Athens on Saturday requesting that GREECE makes more effort to protect the EU's external borders. European Union home ...
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28 migrants killed in GREECE ship capsize
According to the latest official estimates, more than 230,000 refugees and migrants have reached GREECE'S shores from the start of 2015. Eight out of ...
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Migrant crisis: 28 dead in GREECE, 42 rescued in Austria
(CNN) Nearly 30 people -- almost half of them children -- were found dead off the coast of the Greek island of Farmakonisi on Sunday, the Hellenic ...
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At least 28 dead as boat capsizes off Greek coast
… on the shores of the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing … scores of refugees capsized off Greece. Greece's coastguard said a …
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28 refugees drown as boat overturns off Greek island
… coincided with a plea from Greek caretaker Prime Minister Vasiliki Thanou … from the Turkish coast to Greece's eastern islands, mainly … vast majority of refugees reaching Greece quickly head north to other …
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Refugees drown off Greece as Athens defends refugee policy
At least 28 people trying to reach Europe over the Aegean Sea have drowned as the influx of refugees to the continent continues. Greece has meanwhile dismissed criticism of its handling of the situation.
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28, half children, drown off Greece when boat capsizes in ...
ATHENS, Greece – At least 28 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned Sunday as they attempted a wind-swept sea crossing from Turkey to Greece ...
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Germany At 'Limit Of Ability' To Take Refugees
There has been no comment from the German government on the report, but local media also said that rail services from Austria would be halted on Sunday evening. Germany has said it expects 800,000 asylum seekers to reach the country this year and 13,000 arrived in Munich on Saturday alone. He said making the decision on who is eligible to for refugee status at the German-Austrian border "is too late" and called for the EU to build the promised registration centres at the borders with Italy, Greece and also in Hungary.
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Greek Election Stalemate Beckons as Campaign Enters Final ...
Greece’s campaign for Sept. 20 elections enters its final stretch this week with polls showing the outcome too close to call, threatening fractious ...
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28 drown off Greece as Hungary absorbs record migrant flow
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — At least 28 people seeking a better life in Europe drowned Sunday as they attempted a wind-swept sea crossing from Turkey to Greece, while a record number of asylum seekers reached Hungary's border with Serbia just two days before the government vows to make its southern frontier more difficult to cross.
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Refugee Boat Capsizes off Greek Island Coast; One Child Among 28 Dead
Another tragic incident involving war-torn migrants trying to make it to Greece took place off the Greek islet of Farmakonisi early Sunday morning, September 13. A boat, carrying around 100 people aboard capsized, resulting in the death of 28 refugees, including a child. According to Greek authorities, the Greek Ministry of Shipping’s Unified Coordination Center for Search
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Greece elections: I’m sure that Syriza will come first ...
Alexis Tsipras may appear confident ahead of next week’s snap elections in Greece, but the latest polls may give him reason to worry. The conservative ...
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Germany warns at limit of capacity as dozens drown off ...
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Polls in run up to GREEK election show razor-thin lead for Tsipras
Elections in Greece next weekend will be a cliffhanger with the radical leftists of ex-premier Alexis Tsipras having a very small lead over New ...
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More migrants drown as boats capsize off GREEK coast
GREEK authorities say over 100 people were packed into a rubber dinghy, and they managed to save 68. Another 29 managed to swim to safety on ...
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GREECE – The Day when Democracy Died in Europe
The interview with Yanis Varoufakis, GREECE'S former Minister of Finance, is in German – For Stern Magazine, with German Journalist, Arno Luik.
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Refugee tragedy kills 28 off GREECE
A baby is among 28 people who have drowned after a boat carrying around 112 refugees capsized off GREECE. The Athens News Agency reported the ...
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Greece refutes claims criticising treatment of refugees
Caretaker Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou rebuked what she said were "isolated voices" criticising Greece for its handling of the refugee issue and the recent ...
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Babies and children perish in new migrant tragedy off Greece
At least 28 people, half of them babies and children, drowned in another migrant tragedy off Greece on Sunday, the coastguard said. The latest deaths in the Aegean ...
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The Latest: Greece: 28 migrants drown after boat capsizes
MUNICH (AP) — The latest developments as European governments rush to cope with the huge number of people moving across Europe. All times local (CET):
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Twenty eight refugees drown off Greek island
ATHENS (Reuters) - Twenty eight refugees drowned off a Greek island on Sunday when their boat sank, the coastguard said, thought to be the largest recorded death toll ...
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Meimarakis Targets Upset in Greek Election
Greece’s next leader could be a veteran conservative, Evangelos Meimarakis, with opinion polls ahead of Sept. 20 elections suggesting he could cause an upset over Alexis Tsipras.
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Ten Migrants Drown Off Greece
The bodies of 10 people, including one child, were recovered off the Aegean island of Farmakonisi after a dinghy carrying refugees capsized. The post Ten Migrants Drown Off Greece appeared first on The National Herald.
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Greek Asst. Principal in Sex Scandal with Minor Student
LONG ISLAND CITY – Pelagia “Pelly” Papoutsis, a 33-year-old Assistant Principal at William Cullen Bryant High School in Long Island City, was removed from her position on September 4 pending an ongoing probe into allegations that she was romantically involved with a then-17-year-old female student at the school, the New York Post reported. Peter Maliarakis, […] The post Greek Asst. Principal in Sex Scandal with Minor Student appeared first on The National Herald.
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Migrant Crisis Adjusts Merkel's Image, but Style Unchanged
Merkel triggers contrasting images in Greece, migrant crises; but pragmatic style consistent
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Migrants drown off GREEK island as boat capsizes
More than 10 migrants have drowned when their boat capsized at sea off a GREEK island - with fears the toll may rise as coast guard officers search the ...
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