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Three female migrants found murdered near Greece-Turkey border

Two women and a girl believed to be migrants have been found dead with their throats slashed near Greece’s north-eastern border with Turkey, Greek authorities said. The victims appeared to be of North African, Middle Eastern or Asian origin, but their nationalities and identities were unknown, police said. An initial examination of the bodies suggested the three were killed about… Read more »

Turkey summons Saudi ambassador over dissident journalist’s disappearance

Turkey’s foreign ministry summoned Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Ankara over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a Turkish official revealed Thursday. Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist and commentator, went missing Tuesday after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to pick up a document.Turkish and Saudi authorities have offered conflicting accounts about his whereabouts. While Saudi officials say Khashoggi… Read more »

Migration Doubles in Greece

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https://greece.greekreporter.com/2018/09/14/this-summers-migration-flows-almost-double-than-2017-greek-minister-says/ In an interview with the Greek Radio Station Real FM, Greece’s Minister for Migration Policy Dimitris Vitsas said that Migration flows during summer 2018 almost doubled compared to the same period in 2017. ”This has created a big problem in the reception and identification centers. In Moria camp in Lesvos, about 3,500 people left and 5,500 arrived from the… Read more »

Migrant Population in Greece doubles in Summer of 2018

Greek Migration Policy minister, Dimitris Vitsas, claims that the number of incoming refugees has doubled from the Summer of 2017 to the Summer of 2018. He also claims that this is the fault of the distribution centers that are in place in the immediate migration countries, such as itself and Italy. ”This has created a big problem in the reception… Read more »

Pro-Erdogan vote among Turks in Germany unleashes integration row

Shocked by the support among Turks in Germany for handing new powers to President Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday’s referendum, several senior German lawmakers called on Tuesday for the rules on dual citizenship to be tightened. The latest unofficial results show 51.4 percent of voters in Turkey backed plans for an overhaul of the political system which will give Erdogan sweeping… Read more »

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Germany of employing ‘Nazi practices’

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Germany of employing ‘Nazi practices’ Latest update : 2017-03-06 A diplomatic rift between Turkey and key European nations deepened Sunday as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany of “Nazi practices,” days after a local authority prevented a Turkish minister from addressing a rally. Meanwhile, at an election campaign event in Amsterdam, Dutch right-wing populist Geert Wilders also… Read more »