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Bishop: ‘Pope Francis Is Wrong, Migrants Are Invasion’

Pope Francis is wrong on the migrant crisis and the wave of Muslim migrants currently sweeping Europe actually represents an “invasion”, a Hungarian Bishop has said. Laszlo Kiss-Rigo, Bishop of Szeged-Csanad in southern Hungary, said the migrants “come here with

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The Mideast Migrant Crisis Requires Mideast Solutions

Political responses to crises are often tardy and embarrassingly fad-driven, as with the current global outcry over the image of a three-year-old Syrian boy washed up on the Turkish shore. He was hardly the first innocent victim of this century’s most brutal war. Where has the world been for the last 54 months?

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Cyprus Says It Prefers Christian Refugees

European Union member Cyprus said on Monday it would be willing to take in up to 300 migrants fleeing upheaval in the Middle East under new EU quotas, but would prefer them to be Christians. The Mediterranean island of about

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France to Take In 24,000 Refugees Over Two Years

The French president François Hollande announced on Monday that France will take in 24,000 refugees over the next two years, as requested by Brussels. France will open its doors to 24,000 refugees over the next two years, the president announced

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Wealthy Gulf Nations Face Questions Over Syria Refugees

As hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees languish in camps or risk their lives to reach Europe, questions are being asked about why wealthy Gulf states have accepted so few. By the end of August, more than four million Syrians

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Hungary: Migrants Break Out Of Camp, Police Give Chase

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Sept 4 (Reuters) – Some 300 migrants broke out of a Hungarian border camp on Friday and hundreds of others set off on foot from Budapest as police scrambled to keep control of a migrant crisis that

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Distraught Syrian Family Lie on Train Tracks

Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Hungarian town of Bicske on Thursday when a distraught Syrian refugee pushed his wife and their young child on the rail tracks in protest over Hungarian authorities. Hundreds of Syrian migrants were ordered off the