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750 migrants rescued from boats off Libyan coast: MSF

At least 750 people were rescued Saturday from three small boats in international waters near the Libyan coast by a ship operated by Doctors Without Borders, a spokesman told AFP. "Over 750 people have been rescued since 5:00 am (0300 GMT)," Yazan al-Saadi, MSF's regional communications...

Overstretched Croatia busses migrants to Hungary

Beremend (Hungary) (AFP) - Overwhelmed Croatia on Friday began bussing hundreds of migrants to its border with Hungary, threatening to create a new flashpoint in Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II. The move came as a string of countries in the Balkans closed...

Syrians wait in hope at Turkey's northern borders

Hundreds of Syrian refugees hoping to cross the Turkish border into Greece or Bulgaria will be removed by the weekend, the local governor said Thursday. Dursun Ali Sahin, the governor of Erdine province bordering Greece and Bulgaria, said the refugees, who are mostly Syrians, would have to...

Turkey: 4-year-old Syrian girl found washed up in Izmir

Just a couple of weeks after the case of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi caused worldwide outrage over the plight of refugees, another drowned Syrian child, a 4-year-old girl, has washed up, this time in western Izmir province. According to local Turkish authorities, the yet to be...