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Syrian migrants sit-in in second week in Turkey's northwest
Nearly 2,000 Syrian migrants have been holding a sit-in in the northwestern border province of Edirne for more than a week in the hopes of crossing to Greece, after they were prevented by security forces from traveling to European countries.
EC to give Serbia and Macedonia 17 million for refugees
The European Commission will give Serbia and Macedonia EUR 17 million as part of a money package of assistance to the countries affected by the refugee crisis.
As part of this package, the EU will allocate a billion euros to Turkey.
Bulgaria to Accept 852 Migrants Under 1st Stage of EU Quota Plan
As many as 852 migrants will be immediately relocated to Bulgaria under the first phase of a EU quota scheme approved by a majority of EU's interior ministers on Wednesday.
Of these, 201 will be relocated from Italy, and 651 will come from Greece, the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) has said.
Merkel to propose Greece partly hands over national control of borders to stem refugees
During a joint press conference with Finland’s Prime Minister Juha Sipila, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged EU member-states to ‘respect their moral obligation’ and offer their support Greece in guarding her borders from the influx of refugees and migrants.
1,500 refugees sent from Edirne to other Turkish cities
Syrian refugees, who have waited over 10 days near Turkey's border with Greece in an attempt to reach Europe, were sent back to different provinces in Turkey, the governor of the northwestern Edirne province said.
Around 1,500 refugees were sent from the northwestern Edirne province, which borders Greece and Bulgaria, since late Sept. 21, Governor Ali ?ahin told Anadolu Agency.
Turkish professor elected president of Council of Europe monitoring group on violence against women
A Turkish professor from Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) was elected as the first president of the Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) on Sept. 22.
German, French nationals detained in Turkey for abetting refugees
Five people, including a German and a French national, were detained Sept. 21 in Istanbul for encouraging Syrian refugees to head for Turkey's border with the EU, police said.
The suspects are accused of aiding and abetting refugees in circumventing police restrictions on migrants heading for Edirne province, which borders Greece and Bulgaria.
Chobani CEO urges hiring refugees to help solve migrant crisis
In addition to donating a large portion of his personal wealth to the current migrant crisis, the Turkey-born founder of American yogurt company Chobani has stated his intention to hire refugees to help change their lives and their future.
History repeats itself
Europe is deeply divided over the Syrian refugee crisis. Relying on the moral authority it gained through its more humane approach to the crisis - which contrasts sharply with some EU members (the ?bête noire? being Hungary) ? Germany is calling for more burden-sharing in this regard.
Turkey's poor who are not regarded as poor
The Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K) issued the results of the 2014 Income and Living Conditions Survey. The outcome of the survey must be open to interpretation because media organs publishing them reflected the results differently.
Report: Turkish tourists cancelling Lesvos holiday due to … migrants
In the “strange but true” category, media reports from the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos (Lesbos) have nearly three-fourths of the Turkish tourists that booked holidays on the island for a coming Muslim holiday cancelling due to the … migrant crisis.
Greece’s state-run news agency quotes a noted travel agent on the island, who specializes in Turkish tourists, as stating that:
Probe opened into 94 people two years after Gezi protests
A probe has been opened into 94 people for participating in the Gezi Park protests more than two years after the events, with the suspects facing up to six years in prison.
Merkel tells Europe: Germany can't cope with migrants alone
Europe must share responsibility for coping with mass migration, Germany's chancellor said on Sept.20, cautioning that her country could not shelter those who moved solely for economic reasons.
Turkish police stop migrants' advance toward Greek border
Hundreds of migrants who had been camping at the central bus terminal in Istanbul for days have begun walking along a highway connecting Istanbul to the northwestern province of Edirne, about 230 kilometers away, in a bid to reach border crossings between Turkey and Europe.
Aide to Bulgaria PM Sees No Danger of Rise in Migratory Pressure at Border with Turkey
The migrants who held a sit-in protest inside Turkey close to the borders with Greece and Bulgaria last week, demanding passage to western Europe, have been persuaded by the Turkish authorities to go back to the camps they had come from, a Bulgarian official has said.