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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How a different Canada took in 60,000 Vietnamese boat people
CBC Ottawa reporter Judy Trinh, whose family was granted refuge here in the wave of Vietnamese boat people, says her parents had a strongly visceral response to the photo of the drowned Syrian boy. "That could have been you," her mom says. -
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Denmark will not take part in a scheme to share out 160,000 refugees proposed by European
Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker, integration minister Inger Stojberg said on Friday.
Denmark, like Britain, has opted out of European Union Justice and Home Affairs rules covering some aspects of immigration and as such is not obliged to take part in any EU schemes on sharing out refugees.
"We're not going to take any of the 160,000 asylum seekers that need to be distributed on Monday," Stojberg told journalists. "There are two reasons: Partly because we have a justice opt-out, and partly because we have taken our share." - Thomson Reuters
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Over 3,000 refugees entered Denmark this week, although most said they were heading towards Sweden, where they expected a friendlier welcome.
More than 14,000 people claimed asylum in Denmark last year and it expects around 20,000 this year. Sweden took in more than 80,000 refugees last year and expects to take the same number
this year. - Thomson Reuters
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ICYMI - Mideast region countries hosting most Syrian refugees
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Canada's refugee acceptance falls far short of Stephen Harper's claims
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says Canada is "the largest per capita refugee receiver in the world," but the numbers tell a different story. -
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The United Nations refugee agency welcomed on Friday an offer by Washington to take 10,000 Syrian refugees but said it was inadequate given the scale of the exodus of people fleeing war and persecution.
"Of course the United States could and should do much more, but it is a step in the right direction," William Spindler, spokesman of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told a Geneva news briefing. - Thomson Reuters
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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. -
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A Hungarian camerawoman caught on video kicking and tripping migrants near the Serbian border has offered a qualified apology for her behaviour.
Petra Laszlo says in the letter published in the daily Magyar Nemzet newspaper that she was "sincerely sorry for what happened," but addedL "I was scared as they streamed toward me, and then something snapped inside me."
The 40-year-old was fired by the right-wing N1TV online channel after footage of her kicking and tripping migrants Tuesday near the village of Roszke went viral on social media.
Police questioned Laszlo on suspicion of disorderly conduct Thursday, released her without charge, and say the investigation is continuing. - Associated Press
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A father-son reunion in Munich after a year apart. They did the same trek from syria separately. #CBC #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COnyXRnWsAA9GFl.jpg
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Greek locals help #refugees ashore when smugglers send them to sea without guides. #Lesbos
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Migrants walk on a highway towards Vienna, near Nickelsdorf, Austria, on Friday. The rail link between Austria and Hungary will remain closed through the weekend because of the continued strain on the system from the large inflow of migrants. (Leonhard Foeger/Reuters)
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A Jordanian soldier carries Syrian refugee children on Thursday after they crossed into Jordanian territory with their families, near the town of Ruwaished, 240 kilometres east of Amman. Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, who now make up about 10 percent of the country's population. (Raad Adayleh/Associated Press)
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Refugee tells harrowing tale
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A record 432,761 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean so far in 2015, more than doubling the total for all of last year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday.
The Geneva-based agency released latest figures showing an estimated 309,356 people had arrived by sea in Greece by earlier this week, with another 121,139 arriving in Italy, 2,166 in Spain and 100 in Malta. - Thomson Reuters
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German lady offers gift to Syrian family arriving in Munich. Check out the baby's reaction #CBC #refugeecrisis http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COoLvDyWoAAx4GE.jpg
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Refugee crisis: Hungarian camerawoman apologizes for kicking, tripping migrants
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Refugee crisis: Record number of migrants cross Mediterranean, agency says cbc.ca/1.3223784by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/11/2015 3:25:51 PM
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"It could have been you." Touching read from @JudyTrinhCBC on her family's reaction to #alankurdi 's tragic story. cbc.ca/1.3223505by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/11/2015 3:29:39 PM
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A Syrian woman cries as she sits on a folding bed in a former newspaper printing house used as a refugee registration centre in Neu-Isenburg, on the outskirts of Frankfurt on Friday. About 700 people, mainly from Syria and Afghnaistan found shelter in the building. (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
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Mytilene's tent cities gone, but refugees still major issue for Greek island
The Greek port city of Mytilene seems to have changed back to its old self overnight as many of the migrants who were living in tent cities move on. But refugees are still an issue for the island of Lesbos. -
Athens bound ferries still packed, anxious faces waiting to get on. #Lesbos #refugeecrisis #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COoqZ52XAAAqcdB.jpg
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One more step towards a new future.A Syrian man and his daughter as their ferry leaves #Lesbos . #CBC #refugees http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COo1G1aWgAAxlpH.jpg
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by CBC News via YouTube 9/11/2015 5:49:45 PM
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Refugees Welcome Here Rally in London Attracts Thousands news.sky.com/story/1551330/… #cbc #refugeecrisisby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/12/2015 4:42:45 PM
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Paddington takes a stand on #immigration. At least in Athens. #StreetArt #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/COtnX__WgAAUe-s.jpg
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Syrian #refugees in Athens wait for bus north to Macedonia.Trying to beat the Hungarian clock. @CBCWorldReport #cbc http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO2YYEsWcAEy6Xs.jpg
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Syrian refugees' window for a storybook ending in Europe may be closing
As new laws and border controls come into effect in Europe, time is running out for Syrian refugees hoping to reunite their families there. -
Canadian Tima Kurdi, the aunt of of three-year-old Syrian refugee boy Alan Kurdi who died trying to reach Greece from Turkey, writes on a giant citizen's Refugees Welcome Wall during a demonstration in Brussels on Monday. Divided European Union justice and home affairs ministers were due to meet today to discuss the migrant crisis. (Yves Herman/Reuters)
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EU ministers to discuss refugee quotas as Germany, Austria tighten border controls
European Union interior ministers were set to meet for emergency migration talks on Monday, as Germany reintroduced controls at its border with Austria to stem the continuing flow of refugees. -
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Poland is ready to impose controls at its borders with other European Union members in case of any threats to border security, Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Monday.
She also said she told European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker that Poland would not agree automatic quotas for accepting migrants and that Warsaw demands a strengthening of controls at EU's external borders.
"As soon as I receive (any) notification of any threat (to border security), Poland will start controlling its borders," Kopacz told reporters. "We will accept only as many refugees as we can afford, not a single one more or less," she said. - Thomson Reuters
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A chat with AMT & @NahlahAyed on the #refugeecrisis & children .. among other things. Coming up @TheCurrentCBC #CBC http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO29G4rWIAAx7V2.jpg
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Refugees will continue to arrive in Germany despite the government's introduction of temporary
border controls and the new measures do not affect the right to asylum for people who are being persecuted, a government spokesman said on Monday.
"Temporary border controls are not a closure of the borders - that's something completely different. Refugees will still come to Germany," Steffen Seibert said at a government news conference, adding that the government was hoping the entry process would be "more orderly" now.
"Our principles have not changed - we continue to be led by humanity and the right to protection that the politically persecuted and war refugees have here in Germany," he said. - Thomson Reuters
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Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said the country "will proceed as Germany does." Speaking in Brussels, she said the checks would be introduced "as soon as possible" on the
Austrian-Hungarian border.
Tens of thousands of people fleeing their homelands are trekking now through Europe by train, bus or foot. Those seeking to go to Germany usually go through Hungary and Austria first. - Associated Press
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by Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/14/2015 12:18:16 PM
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Good clarification "Germany Says Still Taking in Refugees Despite Border Controls" #cbc #refugeecrisis nyti.ms/1iaDVMpby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/14/2015 12:26:18 PM
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Germany now expecting 1 million asylum seekers by end of year. Not just 800,000. #cbc #refugeecrisisby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/14/2015 12:40:45 PM
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EU draft apparently proposes "creation of large new refugee camps in Italy and Greece" to register #refugees #cbc gu.com/p/4cc9z/stwby Nahlah Ayed via twitter 9/14/2015 1:46:54 PM
