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Crossings of Mediterranean Sea exceed 300,000, including 200,000 to Greece

GENEVA, Aug 28 (UNHCR) – More than 300,000 refugees and migrants have used the dangerous sea route across the Mediterranean so far this year with almost 200,000 of them landing in Greece and a further 110,000 in Italy. The UN refugee agency, revealing the latest...

UNHCR assists refugees at Greece-FYR Macedonia border, where calm is returning

GENEVA, Aug 24 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has been helping refugees and migrants amid chaotic scenes in the past few days at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as thousands of people tried to cross into FYR Macedonia. The...

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