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Norway Pays Migrants $10,000 To Go Home

Nearly one thousand migrants who have not found Europe to be quite as nice as they hoped have applied for government funding to go home again through a voluntary repatriation scheme. The Norwegian government offers voluntary repatriation to unwanted migrants

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4,600 Migrants Rescued Off Libyan Coast In Three Days

More than 4,600 people have been plucked to safety from unseaworthy boats off the Libyan coast over the past three days, the Italian coastguard said Sunday, as migrants took advantage of calmer waters to attempt the perilous journey across the

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Pakistan Refuses To Take Back Europe’s Rejected Migrants

The Pakistan government has refused to accept a specially chartered plane of rejected migrants sent from Europe, turning it round and sending it right back again. Remarkably the Pakistani government seemed to be capable and willing of doing what Europe

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Paris Terror Suspect Recruited Hungary Migrants

A senior Hungarian government official has said a Paris terror suspect — one of the “main organisers” of last month’s atrocities in which 130 were killed — “recruited a team” in Hungary among migrants passing through. Although not naming the

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Outrage After Refugees Banned From Communal Swimming Pool

French human rights lawyers are champing at the bit after claims inhabitants of the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp are being prevented from entering the local municipal swimming pool. Although foreigners and migrants have not been formally banned from the pool, the Calais

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German Muslim Group Calls For Cap On Migrant Numbers

In a change of policy, the head of Germany’s Central Council of Muslims has called for a limit on the number of migrants the country takes in, saying capacity will soon be exhausted. Aiman ​​Mazyek — Chairman of Germany’s largest Muslim organisation, the

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Migrants Beat Up Locals In Restaurant In Germany

Migrants and locals got into a fight in a restaurant in Bavaria on Sunday, resulting in a 50-year-old German man receiving serious head injuries. The brawl, which began as an argument between a small group of migrants and local residents

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Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra To Provide Migrant Accommodation

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The latest on the mass movement of asylum-seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe. All times local: 8:40 p.m. The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is now in the refugee-housing business. The world-famous ensemble on Monday presented a

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EU To Relocate Sweden Migrants

Stockholm – Overwhelmed by a stream of migrants, Sweden will soon benefit from a “relocation” programme for some of its asylum seekers, the European Commissioner of Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said Monday. “Sweden is among the group of member states that

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Jihadism, Migration In Focus As Denmark Votes On EU Opt-Out

Eurosceptic Denmark goes to the polls Thursday in a referendum on stepping up its participation in EU police and judicial cooperation, with the outcome uncertain amid fears ranging from jihadist attacks to the migrant crisis. Held three weeks after the