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Commissioner Avramopoulos calls for EU solidarity on immigration issue [Update]
The European Commission proposed easing the impact of the Mediterranean migration crisis on Italy and Greece by moving 40,000 refugees to countries further north.
"Over 1,300 unattended children request asylum"
Over 3,000 children requested asylum in Serbia since the beginning of the year, over 1,300 of them children without parental escort.
At the same time, "is not known how many children are staying or transiting through the country without requesting asylum," Director of the Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers Rados Djurovic stated on Wednesday.
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Montenegro Plans to Tighten Asylum Law
The Montenegrin government plans to set clearer rules on granting asylum in order to distinguish "those in need of international protection" from a growing number of illegal migrants, mainly from Asia and Africa.
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Nearly 800 irregular migrants detained as EU mulls refugee relocation plan
Nearly 800 undocumented migrants were detained in the Aegean Sea on Friday amid reports that the European Commission is set to propose plans for the redistribution of 40,000 asylum-seekers across the European Union.
EU to propose relocating 40,000 refugees from Italy, Greece
By Francesco Guarascio
The European Commission is set to propose next week that 40,000 asylum seekers who have arrived by boat in Italy and Greece should be relocated across the continent in response to what it considers an emergency situation in both countries.
Influx to Bulgaria not Expected over Macedonia Tensions - Officials
Bulgaria authorities consider a flow of asylum seekers from neighboring Macedonia unlikely, State Refugee Agency (DAB) head Nikola Kazakov has said.
Turkey Police Detain Migrants, Traffickers at Border with Bulgaria
Forty-five asylum seekers and 4 traffickers have been detained while trying to cross into Bulgaria from the Turkish side of the border.
The migrants were discovered in two vans while their drivers' documents were being checked by police, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.
Thirty of the potential asylum seekers were Syrians, and the other fifty were from Iraq.
Bulgaria's Refugee Agency Head Vows Quicker Decisions for Asylum Seekers
Nikola Kazakov, Chair of Bulgaria's State Agency for Refugees, visited Germany to study the country's experience in coping with the asylum surge.
In a Tuesday interview for the Bulgarian National Radio, Kazakov said that Germany expected around 450 000 refugees in 2015.
Migrants to be spread across EU, report quotes Commission as saying
The executive body of the EU will propose that member countries share responsibility for housing the thousands of refugees arriving in Europe from across the Mediterranean.
Pressure on Central Europe to Take More Asylum-Seekers
Newer EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, including Croatia, could come under pressure to take in more asylum-seekers as Germany voices irritation about the numbers heading for a select few countries.