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Tsipras: Refugee deal an uphill climb, but important

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday hailed the recent EU-Turkey agreement, under which refugees reaching Greece from Turkey will be sent back, as an important one. Welcoming Greek-born EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in Athens, Tsipras said, "We now have an uphill...

Italy rescues 910 boat migrants, finds one body

More than 900 migrants were rescued in four separate operations in the Strait of Sicily on Saturday and emergency services recovered one corpse, Italy's coast guard said. Now into the second year of its worst migration crisis since World War Two, Europe has seen more than 1.2...