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Giving humanitarian help to migrants should not be a crime, say MEPs

The EU should ensure that helping migrants for humanitarian reasons is not punishable as a crime Civil Liberties Committee MEPs said on Monday.

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Security Council urged to act with ‘one strong voice’ on raft of ills plaguing Middle East and North Africa

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A Chadian man waits at the Egyptian border at Sallum, having fled the conflict in Libya,...

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Turkey's Erdogan Claims Victory in Presidential Election

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the county's presidential election, giving him a new term as the office of president gains more power.

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Gap between refugee resettlement needs and opportunities widens

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today warned of a widening gap between the number of refugees in need of resettlement and the places made available by governments around the world.

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