Refugee Crisis
As thousands of refugees and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries in crisis move west and north through Europe, they are encountering a new set of obstacles and humiliations. Follow live coverage of the crisis from CBC's foreign correspondents.
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- Associated Press
Hungary's minister for human resources says the country secretly settled 1,000 Christian families from Iraq and Egypt last year and in 2013.Zoltan Balog told state news agency MTI that the families were granted Hungarian citizenship and the option of returning to their homeland whenever they desired.Balog said Hungary was ready to repeat the action but only in this safe, secret manner. - Associated Press
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With support from @UPS, we airlifted blankets, sleeping mats + solar lamps for refugees seeking safety in Europe. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COe8tCeUcAAInQl.jpg
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Refugees clash with police in Hungary
As many as 250 refugees broke through a police cordon in Szeged, Hungary, stopping traffic on a motorway. Watch the raw video here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/raw-refugees-clash-with-police-in-hungary-1.3221434 -
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Argentina's president is criticizing Europe's handling of that continent's biggest refugee crisis since WWII.Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday that Europe has fallen into a cultural decadence. She said she doesn't want Argentina to be like those countries that let kids die on their beaches. She was referring a 3-year-old Syrian boy who was photographed lying dead on a Turkish beach this week. The image has focused the world's attention on the wave of migration fueled by war and deprivation.Fernandez said Argentina is proud of its migratory past. It recently said it is willing to welcome more Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war. The government eased their entrance through a 2014 program. It hasn't specified how many have arrived so far. - Associated Press
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Moria camp saw 4,000 refugees depart yesterday. Now more new arrivals, like this boy from Afghanistan. #CBC #Lesvos http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COf1kStWgAAFKMm.jpg
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Thousands of people, including many families with young children, are braving torrential downpours to cross Greece's northern border with Macedonia, after Greek authorities managed to register about 17,000 people on the island of Lesbos in the space of a few days, allowing them to continue their journey north into Europe.
Greece's caretaker government chartered two extra ferries and sent additional staff to Lesbos to speed up the registration and ease overcrowding on the island, where more than 20,000 refugees and migrants had been living in precarious conditions after arriving on dinghies from the nearby Turkish coast.
About 7,000 people waited in the mud of an open field near the northern village of Idomeni to cross the Macedonian border early Thursday, with more arriving in trains, buses and taxis. - Associated Press
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Margaret Evans reports on refugees awaiting registration in Lesbos
Thousands of refugees are finally leaving the Greek island of Lesbos with registration papers in hand, but there are still thousands more streaming in and hoping for the same outcome. -
Inside the Moria refugee camp on Greece's Lesbos island
Refugees, most from Afghanistan, arrive exhausted at the Moria Camp in Lesbos, Greece, where they await registration in order to transit through to Athens. -
Whiling away the time at Keleti station playing cards #whoarethey #cbc #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COiMBfyW8AAT2fU.jpg
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Hungary launched military exercises at border: Op. "Decisive Action" is to train soldiers for poss mission to protect it #cbc #refugeecrisisby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/10/2015 11:39:38 AM
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RAW: Refugees cross into Hungary from Serbia
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Massive refugee influx overwhelms Germany's rigorous asylum process
Behind this efficient welcome that thousands of refugees seeking asylum are getting in Germany are scenes of chaos and confusion as the country's famous orderliness is overwhelmed and officials scramble to keep up with the waves of newcomers spilling in from the Middle East. -
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Austrian railways is suspending all traffic between Hungary and Austria as migrants continue to flow over the border.
A statement from the company says Thursday's move is due to "massive overload."
The statement says that trains will continue to run from Nickelsdorf to Vienna. Nickelsdorf, the main border crossing into Austria from Hungary, has been the point of entry for most of the thousands of migrants and refugees leaving Hungary and continuing into Germany and other Western European EU countries. - Associated Press
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A car hit three migrants walking along the main road in the dark near the city of Szeged in southern Hungary and one of them died in hospital on Thursday, police said in a statement.
The other two were seriously injured in the accident near the Roszke migrant camp on the Serbian border.
Hundreds of migrants have broken out of the camp near the Serbian border in the past few days and have made their way towards the capital of Budapest on foot along main roads. - Thomson Reuters
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Hungary could complete construction of a 3.5-metre-high fence along its southern border with
Serbia by early October to stem the flow of refugees and migrants, the prime minister's chief of staff said.
Janos Lazar told a weekly news conference on Thursday that instead of an original October 31 deadline, Hungarian construction crews were racing to complete the 175-km barrier within weeks. - Thomson Reuters
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- Associated Press
Prosecutors in Hungary have ordered police to investigate a camerawoman caught on video kicking and tripping migrants near the border with Serbia.
Chief Prosecutor Zsolt Kopasz said they suspect the camerawoman identified in Hungarian media as Petra Laszlo of disorderly conduct and that authorities in the southern city of Szeged are also considering more serious crimes in the case.
After several videos surfaced showing Laszlo kicking a young man and a girl, as well as sticking her leg out to trip a man running past with a young boy in his arms, she was dismissed from her job at N1TV, an Internet channel associated with Hungary's far-right Jobbik party. - Associated Press
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#Whoarethey: Europe's asylum-seekers come from all walks of life, abilities
It is hard not to notice all the able-bodied men among the asylum-seekers flooding into Europe, but the diverse crowds are also made up of women, small children, the elderly and people with physical challenges. -
#Whoarethey : Europe's asylum-seekers come from all walks of life, abilities #cbc #refugeecrisis cbc.ca/m/news/topstor…by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/10/2015 5:42:27 PM
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#CBC ’s @JF_BISSON gets close 2 the water for a report on people smugglers to Greece. Watch 2Night @CBCTheNational http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COjzx4BWwAAXIse.jpg
by Margaret Evans via twitter 9/10/2015 5:44:56 PM -
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In recent days, cities and provinces have been making announcements about plans to support Syrian refugees.
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Nova Scotia not sure how many refugees it can take in
Nova Scotia Immigration Minister Lena Diab says the province is willing to accept more refugees, but she can't put a specific number on how many the province could take in. -
U.S. to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in 2016 fiscal year
The United States is making plans to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming budget year, a significant increase from the 1,500 migrants that have been cleared to resettle in the U.S. since civil war broke out in the Middle Eastern country more than four years ago, the White House said Thursday. -
Stephen Harper suggests Canada will do more to help Syrian refugees
The Conservative government, after facing continued criticism it's not doing enough to address the Syrian refugee crisis, is expected to announce within days some new ways Canada will help. -
- Associated Press
The International Organization for Migration says its estimate of the number of Syrians who have arrived in Greece this year has nearly doubled in just the last four days -- to more than 175,000 people.
The Geneva-based intergovernmental agency attributes the jump to both an accelerated influx of Syrians from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in recent days and a lag by overwhelmed Greek authorities in determining the nationalities of those arriving.
The agency said that as of Thursday, a total of 175,375 Syrians have reached Greece this year, up from 88,204 counted in its previous tally on Monday. Overall, it estimates that 432,761 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean this year.
IOM's tally of Afghans, the second largest contingent, rose to more than 50,177 from 32,414 previously. - Associated Press
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Meandering trek into Europe isn't for the fainthearted. It is for the utterly determined cbc.ca/1.3222346 #refugeecrisis #Whoaretheyby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/10/2015 8:20:22 PM
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Governments weigh security with speed to settle Syrian refugees
The Prime Minister is now confronting a chorus of Canadians calling on him to expedite the entry of Syrian refugees. His response continues to cite security and screening. Some accuse Stephen Harper of fear mongering. Others agree there's a potential for ISIS fighters or Assad henchmen to sneak in. -
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Couple that left Syria for Vancouver still face challenges
Habib Alibrahim and Anya Sass fought to move to Vancouver, B.C. But they say adjusting to life on this side of the world hasn't been easy. -
Margaret Evans reports on the treacherous sea crossing for refugees
Thousands of asylum-seekers — many fleeing Syria — have risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean in small, often flimsy boats. Many have died. -
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#Hungary asylum claims update: 161,884 by 10 Sept. Over 78% from #Syria, #Afghanistan & #Iraq. Photo UNHCR/Z.Gal http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COjqkTyWUAAIy2q.jpg
by Babar Baloch via twitter 9/10/2015 9:43:47 PM -
Inside the Moria refugee camp on Greece's Lesbos island
Refugees, most from Afghanistan, arrive exhausted at the Moria Camp in Lesbos, Greece, where they await registration in order to transit through to Athens. -
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ICYMI - Stephen Harper suggests Canada will do more to help Syrian refugees
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Refugee crisis: Rain, mud add to trials of migrants in Macedonia
As if fear, hunger, thirst, worry and exhaustion were not enough to endure, new trials emerged Thursday for those on the 1,600 kilometre-plus trek into Europe: torrential rains and thick mud. -
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Refugee crisis: UNICEF says millions more could leave Syria
Millions of people in Syria could become refugees and head to Europe if there is no end to the war, Peter Salama, UNICEF's regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said on Friday.
