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Turkey, Germany in full cooperation against terror, Turkish PM says
Turkey and Germany will engage in full cooperation in fight against terrorist groups including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu has said.
Hungarian PM Orban Backs Austria's Cap on Asylum Seekers
Austria's decision to limit the number of asylum-seekers crossing its borders is "capitulation of dogmatic thinking to reality and common sense", Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.
Europe cannot accept huge masses of foreigners without setting limits and controls, Orban told public broadcaster Kossulth Radio on Friday, according to hungarytoday.hu.
EUR 3 B May Not Be Enough to Contain Migrant Influx, Turkish PM Tells DPA
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that the financial aid of EUR 3 B pledged by the EU may not be enough to help his government cut the flow of refugees into Europe because nobody knows how long the crisis will last.
Turkey's top religious body 'motivates' successful disabled students with Umrah visit
Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has selected 100 successful students with disabilities for an Umrah visit, as part of a newly-launched program designed to "motivate" disabled students to perform their religious duties.
At least 15 migrants dead as boats sink off Greece
At least 15 people including six children have died after their boats sank off the Greek islands of Farmakonisi and Kalolimnos early Jan. 22, with dozens of other migrants reported missing, the coastguard said.
New migrant boat tragedy kills 44 near Turkish, Greek coasts
Forty-four people drowned after three refugee boats sank on Jan. 22 off Greece, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought to press Turkey to play a bigger part in resolving Europe's escalating migrant crisis.
12 migrants die, 28 rescued in the Aegean Sea
At least 12 migrants died while 28 others were rescued in the Aegean Sea on Jan. 21 after their boat capsized off the Foça district in the Western province of ?zmir, according to Anadolu Agency reports.
The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 28 migrants, including women and children, off the Aslanburnu coast in Foça, bound for the Greek island of Lesbos.
Human Rights Watch Says Bulgaria Abuses Migrants
Bulgarian law enforcement officials summarily return asylum seekers and migrants to Turkey, often after beating and robbing them, Human Rights Watch said in a report on 20 January.
German, Turkish police arrest dozens in raids on human traffickers
German and Turkish police on Jan. 20 announced major coordinated raids against a criminal trafficking network that used unseaworthy ships to send more than 1,700 refugees to Europe.
'Turkish Coast Guard rescued more than 91,000 migrants in 2015'
Turkey's Coast Guard rescued 91,611 would-be migrants who left their countries in a bid to reach northern and Western Europe in 2015, while 279 of them lost their lives in drowning incidents in the Aegean Sea, according to officials.
HRW Accuses Bulgaria of 'Pushbacks, Abuse at Borders'
Bulgarian law enforcement officials are engaged in summary returns of asylum seekers to Turkey, "often after stealing their belongings and subjecting them to violence," Human Rights Watch says.
Yoghurt king rallies corporate world to help refugees
Yoghurt empire founder Hamdi Ulukaya rallied the corporate world to aid refugees on Jan. 19, as the world's rich and powerful gathered in the exclusive Swiss ski resort of Davos to discuss how to resolve some of the world's greatest challenges.
Greek coast guard confronts Turkish smuggler with dead migrant bodies
The Greek coast guard has confronted a Turkish human smuggler with the dead bodies of three migrant children who were in his capsized boat "as a lesson," while charging the trafficker with 120 years of imprisonment.
ILO joins UNHCR in welcoming Turkey's work permit offer to Syrian refugees
Leading international bodies have welcomed Ankara's presentation of new regulations that allow many of the 2.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey to apply for work permits, underlining that the regulations would allow refugees to build a decent life.
Greek leader claims Turkish border guards 'support' people smugglers
Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Jan. 18 accused Turkish border authorities of facilitating people smuggling by turning a blind eye to the trafficking of thousands of migrants to Europe.