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Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal...

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Merkel Heads To Egypt, Tunisia To Reduce Migrant Flows

German Chancellor Angela Merkel starts a two-day trip to Egypt and Tunisia on Thursday, part of her push to limit...

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Germany Hate Crime: Nearly 10 Attacks A Day On Migrants In 2016

Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people...

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Nearly 10 Attacks A Day On Migrants In 2016

Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people...

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Sri Lanka Slams Lawyers Over ‘Snowden Refugee’ Claims

Sri Lankan police Sunday formally denied hunting nationals who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong...

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Afghan Deportation Flight Left From Germany Half Empty

The German government admitted Friday it deported fewer than half the Afghans who were due to be repatriated on a...

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Germany Deports Third Batch of Afghan Migrants To Kabul

Eighteen Afghans deported from Germany arrived in Kabul Thursday after their asylum pleas were rejected, the third...

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Germany Starts Paying Immigrants to Go Back Home

Unsuccessful asylum seekers in Germany are returning home voluntarily, but only because the government is paying them....