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[TRENDING NEWS] Pope Exploring a 2nd Meeting With Russian Orthodox Church

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Author: BY JASON HOROWITZ - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 11:13PM Speaking after his trip to Cyprus and Greece, Francis also said he had no choice but to accept the resignation of the archbishop of Paris because of the harmful gossip surrounding him.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pope, on Lesbos, Laments That for Migrants, ‘Little Has Changed’

Author: BY JASON HOROWITZ - Publish Date: December 6, 2021 at 01:13AM At a Greek refugee camp, Francis sought to restore compassion for asylum seekers, whose plight he called a “shipwreck of civilization.”

[TRENDING NEWS] Iraqis Return From Belarus, but Some Say They Will Try Again to Reach the E.U.

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Author: BY YASMINE MOSIMANN AND VALERIE HOPKINS - Publish Date: November 26, 2021 at 10:35PM “If I find a better and safe route, I will definitely try again,” said one of the more than 600 Iraqi migrants who came home on the government’s latest evacuation flights.

[TRENDING NEWS] Greece to Put Aid Workers Who Helped Migrants on Trial on Espionage Charges

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Author: BY NIKI KITSANTONIS - Publish Date: November 18, 2021 at 01:26AM The country’s conservative government is toughening its stance on migration and on groups working with migrants, aligning itself with a hardening climate across Europe.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Young Syrian Is Buried, as E.U. Foreign Ministers Meet on Belarus

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Author: BY MONIKA PRONCZUK AND STEVEN ERLANGER - Publish Date: November 16, 2021 at 12:43AM A confrontation at the Polish-Belarusian border, a funeral for a dead Syrian boy trapped in between and a new round of E.U. sanctions mark the struggle with Aleksandr G. Lukashenko.

[TRENDING NEWS] Air Route to Belarus Closed to Migrants in Bid to Halt Crisis

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Author: BY ISABELLA KWAI AND MONIKA PRONCZUK - Publish Date: November 15, 2021 at 03:23AM Hoping to stem the flow of migrants stuck on the border of Belarus and Poland, Dubai banned Iraqi and Syrian passengers from traveling to Minsk.

[TRENDING NEWS] West Accuses Belarus of Orchestrating Migrant Crisis at Polish Border

Author: BY ANTON TROIANOVSKI, MONIKA PRONCZUK AND ANATOL MAGDZIARZ - Publish Date: November 10, 2021 at 02:43AM Poland has massed troops at the border, the European Union’s eastern frontier, to keep migrants camped there from crossing into the country.

[TRENDING NEWS] 3 Children and 1 Woman Drowned While Migrating Across the Aegean Sea

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Author: BY NIKI KITSANTONIS - Publish Date: October 27, 2021 at 12:42AM Migrant crossings are down and so are deaths at sea, but Tuesday’s incident was a reminder that dangers remain.

[TRENDING NEWS] An Asylum-Seeker’s Wrenching Decision: Stay on the Run or Save His Child’s Life?

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Author: BY ANDREW HIGGINS - Publish Date: October 7, 2021 at 01:01AM As a humanitarian crisis grows on Poland’s border, where the government has taken a hard line on migrants, one father had to decide whether to save an ailing baby girl and risk being expelled.

[TRENDING NEWS] Merkel’s Children: Living Legacies Called Angela, Angie and Sometimes Merkel

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Author: BY KATRIN BENNHOLD - Publish Date: September 20, 2021 at 01:52AM For some refugee families who traveled to Germany during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 2016, gratitude for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision to welcome them comes via a namesake.

[TRENDING NEWS] Syrian Doctor Indicted in Germany for Crimes Against Humanity

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Author: BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE - Publish Date: July 29, 2021 at 12:32AM The military doctor, who was among the influx of refugees who entered Germany from Syria, is accused of torturing opponents of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

[TRENDING NEWS] In Lithuania, Migrants Find Themselves Caught in a Geopolitical Battle

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Author: BY VALERIE HOPKINS - Publish Date: July 19, 2021 at 11:16PM The European Union member country says the president of Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is encouraging migrants to cross their shared border as revenge for E.U. sanctions.

[TRENDING NEWS] He Saved 31 People at Sea. Then Got a 142-Year Prison Sentence.

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Author: BY NIKI KITSANTONIS - Publish Date: June 26, 2021 at 12:33AM Greece is prosecuting migrants on charges of people smuggling, and imposing heavy jail terms. Rights groups say many migrants are being unfairly accused and sentenced.

[TRENDING NEWS] E.U. Border Agency Pulls Out of Hungary Over Rights Abuses

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Author: BY MONIKA PRONCZUK AND BENJAMIN NOVAK - Publish Date: January 28, 2021 at 08:30AM The decision by Frontex comes after Hungary disregarded a ruling by the E.U.’s top court that the way the country handles asylum seekers violated the bloc’s law.

[TRENDING NEWS] A Far-Right Terrorism Suspect With a Refugee Disguise: The Tale of Franco A.

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Author: BY KATRIN BENNHOLD - Publish Date: December 29, 2020 at 12:12PM A German officer is facing trial on terrorism charges. At a volatile time for Western democracy, his story mirrors the story of Germany itself.

[TRENDING NEWS] Left Behind by Migrant Husbands, Women Break the Rules and Go to Work

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Author: BY DIONNE SEARCEY AND LAURA BOUSHNAK - Publish Date: December 30, 2019 at 12:01PM Wives are shocking their traditional West African villages by earning money and running large households while their husbands are in Europe seeking jobs.

[TRENDING NEWS] They Came to Play Table Tennis. They Were Deported at Gunpoint in the Dark.

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Author: BY PATRICK KINGSLEY - Publish Date: December 12, 2019 at 07:48AM Two Nigerian students, in Croatia for a sports tournament, were mistaken for undocumented migrants. They were robbed of their money and clothes and expelled to a country they had never heard of.

[TRENDING NEWS] More than 50 Migrants are Killed in a Sinking off the African Coast

Author: BY REUTERS - Publish Date: December 5, 2019 at 07:34AM A ship carrying about 150 migrants from Gambia to Europe sank on Wednesday off the coast of Mauritania, the United Nations migrant agency said.

[TRENDING NEWS] Italy’s Politics Go to the Beach

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Author: BY JASON HOROWITZ AND ANDREW TESTA - Publish Date: September 2, 2019 at 08:08AM For decades, immigrant peddlers have been part of the familiar fabric of the Italian summer vacation. It’s no longer so simple.

[TRENDING NEWS] Pope Francis Goes to Romania to Warn of Populism’s Dangers

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Author: JASON HOROWITZ and KIT GILLET - Publish Date: May 31, 2019 at 07:00AM In a three-day trip to the former communist country, the pope will seek to heal an ancient schism between the Catholic and Orthodox churches.