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Refugees waiting for 'miracle' as Balkan borders slam shut INTERNATIONAL

Refugees waiting for 'miracle' as Balkan borders slam shut

For the past three days, 15-year-old Ola has clung onto a scrap of cardboard bearing the number 22, hoping her turn will finally come to cross the sealed metal fence on the Greek-Macedonian border.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Macedonia lets in 200 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece INTERNATIONAL

Macedonia lets in 200 refugees, 10,000 still stranded: Greece

Macedonia on Wednesday allowed some 200 refugees to cross its border with Greece, as 10,000 more were left waiting in miserable conditions, Greek officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EU to call for emergency humanitarian aid to Greece INTERNATIONAL

EU to call for emergency humanitarian aid to Greece

The European Union is proposing increased humanitarian aid for Greece, where more than 20,000 refugees and migrants are stuck after borders were tightened along the Balkans preventing them from trekking north to wealthier parts of Europe.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Up to 70,000 migrants may be trapped in Greece next month INTERNATIONAL

Up to 70,000 migrants may be trapped in Greece next month

The number of refugees and migrants trapped in Greece may reach 70,000 in coming weeks, Greece's migration minister said on Sunday, adding that a NATO plan to crack down on smugglers ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greek migrant camp overflows as Balkan states cap arrivals INTERNATIONAL

Greek migrant camp overflows as Balkan states cap arrivals

More than 5,000 people were trapped at the Idomeni camp on Greece's northern border with Macedonia on Saturday after four Balkan countries announced a daily cap on migrant arrivals.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greece seeks to stem migrant flow from islands to mainland INTERNATIONAL

Greece seeks to stem migrant flow from islands to mainland

Greece asked its passenger ferry companies and travel agencies to cut back on bringing migrants and refugees from frontline islands to the mainland and said its own chartered ships would stay put for a few days.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Refugees leave Greek camp, prefer to walk to border INTERNATIONAL

Refugees leave Greek camp, prefer to walk to border

Hundreds of migrants and refugees left an accommodation camp in northern Greece, preferring to walk to the distant border with Macedonia in a bid to continue their trek to northern Europe.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Police fire tear gas at anti-migrant 'hotspot' protest ECONOMY

Police fire tear gas at anti-migrant 'hotspot' protest

Greek riot police fired tear gas on Sunday at demonstrators protesting against the development of a centre to house migrants on the tourist island of Kos, officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Israel mulling twin gas pipelines to Turkey, Greece: energy minister ASIA

Israel mulling twin gas pipelines to Turkey, Greece: energy minister

Israel is looking to exploit its substantial natural gas reserves with two potential pipeline projects to Turkey and Greece, its Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz announced Sunday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Greece arrests man with Iraqi passport stolen by Islamic State INTERNATIONAL

Greece arrests man with Iraqi passport stolen by Islamic State

An Iraqi Kurdish man has been arrested at Athens airport in possession of a passport known to have been among a haul of official documents stolen by Islamic State jihadists in Iraq, Greek police said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
At least ten migrants drown off Turkey, several missing ASIA

At least ten migrants drown off Turkey, several missing

At least ten migrants, including five children, drowned on Saturday when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, the Turkish coastguard said. An unknown number of people were still missing after the latest in a long list of migrant boat sinkings in the Medite

4:45 AM November 25 2016
25 dead, including 10 children, in Greek migrant boat sinking INTERNATIONAL

25 dead, including 10 children, in Greek migrant boat sinking

The bodies of 25 migrants, including 10 children, were discovered off the Greek island of Samos Thursday after their boat capsized, the Greek coastguard said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016