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Bulgarian Authorities Detain Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants, Several Human Smugglers

Bulgarian authorities detained hundreds of illegal immigrants and several human smugglers in separate operations across the country.

A total of 115 illegal immigrants were detained in the border town of Svilengrad after they had entered the country from Greece by boats sailing on the Maritsa river.

Women's movement in Turkey at the crossroads

The November election created a big question in the mind of women's rights NGOs in Turkey. After decades of struggle, the women's liberation movement in Turkey has come to a point of pushing for quotas, 50-50 equal representation in parliament, judicial reforms on domestic violence, etc. Then came the results? Then came the internal fights?

3 bln euros in refugee aid to Turkey not enough: UNDP

The 3-billion-euro support promised by the European Union to Turkey to ease the economic burdens of the around 2 million refugees in the country was not enough, according to Kamal Malhotra, the resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkey.

We are closely watching the talks between the [Turkish] government and the EU," said Malhotra. 

EU aid to Turkey will not solve problem totally: UNDP

The 3-billion-euro support promised by the European Union to Turkey to ease the economic burdens of the around 2 million refugees in the country was not enough to solve the problem totally, according to Kamal Malhotra, the resident representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Turkey.

Turkish prosecutors want 35 years jail over refugee toddler's death

Turkish prosecutors Dec. 10 demanded 35-year jail terms for two alleged people-smugglers blamed for the death of a three-year-old boy whose beached corpse came to symbolise Syria's refugee crisis, local media reported.

Four refugees drown, nine missing as boat capsizes in Aegean Sea

Four migrants have been killed while nine remain missing after their boat capsized off Turkey's Aegean coast.

A boat smuggling Iraqi migrants from Turkey's Aegean Ayd?n province to Greece capsized near Bulamaç Island, early on Dec. 10. 

Police take security measures near Russian Consulate in Istanbul

Turkish police have taken security measures near the Russian Consulate in Istanbul amid expectations of a protest in front of the building and a warning by the French Consulate to avoid the building's environs.  

Police forces were dispatched to the front door of the Russian Consulate building in Istanbul's central and touristic ?stiklal Avenue amid warnings of a scheduled protest. 

Turkey should not be admitted to the EU: Czech president

Turkey should not be admitted to the European Union, Czech President Milo? Zeman has said, criticizing the rapprochement between the EU and Ankara following the recent joint summit to stem the refugee crisis. 

Photo of Aylan Kurdi among TIME's top 100 photos of 2015

The heart-wrenching image of Aylan Kurdi, a 3-year old refugee who drowned off Turkey's Bodrum coast on Sept. 2, has been picked as one of TIME magazine's top 100 photos of 2015.

245 migrants rescued from deserted Aegean islands

Some 220 migrants, who were left on the deserted Greek island of Kalolimnos instead of the nearby island of Leros, have been rescued by Greek soldiers. 

The migrants were left on Kalolimnos, a small island in the Dodecanese, by the human traffickers who told them that it was Leros. 

12 migrants killed as two boats capsize off Aegean coast

A total of 12 migrants were killed early on Dec. 9 in the capsizing of two separate boats off Turkey's Aegean coast, as the wave of migrants trying to reach Europe continues into the winter.

13 migrants killed as two boats capsize off Aegean coast

A total of 13 migrants, including seven children, were killed early on Dec. 9 after two separate boats capsized off Turkey's Aegean coast. The incidents come amid a new spate of deaths in the sea dividing Turkey and Greece, as the wave of migrants trying to reach Europe continues into the winter.

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