Migration
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EU migration summit: why can’t a deal be struck?
In Depth Several proposals are on the table but the bloc remains deeply divided over how to solve the crisis
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Migrant smuggling nets criminals $7bn a year
Speed Read First global study of human trafficking paints picture of a lucrative trade
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MS Aquarius: why did Spain accept the disputed migrant ship?
Speed Read New socialist prime minister avoids humanitarian crisis and diffuses political stand-off
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Why Italy has closed its ports to a migrant rescue ship
Speed Read 629 people stranded at sea after Italy says Malta should take them in
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Silvio Berlusconi on course to be election ‘kingmaker’
Speed Read Former Italian PM is barred from running for office but could still hold the balance of power after next month’s election
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Belgian government on brink of collapse over Sudan
Speed Read Coalition partner threatens to withdraw after minister accused of colluding to repatriate political opponents
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EU unveils new migration plan amid free movement backlash
Speed Read Fifty thousand refugees will be relocated over two years, even as Schengen rules are tightened
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Migrant rescue halted after Libya fires warning shots
Speed Read Italy applauds deterrence plan by Libyan coastguard as Save the Children and other charities suspend rescue missions
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Austrian troops to stop refugees at border with Italy
Speed Read Armoured personnel carriers sent to guard Brenner Pass - a 'potential migration hotspot'
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Italy praised for giving lone child refugees legal protection
Speed Read Country passes first law in Europe guaranteeing children travelling alone a minimum standard of care
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More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean Sea
Speed Read Two overturned boats found off coast of Libya as number of deaths jumps 27 per cent in 2016
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More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean Sea
Speed Read Two overturned boats found off coast of Libya as number of deaths jumps 27 per cent in 2016
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Refugees who 'can't pay' are being sold for organs, claims informer
Speed Read Former trafficker claims smugglers are killing people for transplants
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Anonymous hacks Thai police websites over death sentences
Speed Read Activists call for 'justice' for 'scapegoated' migrant pair convicted of the murders of two British backpackers
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