“Any European Union country where we can be safe will do,” says 54-year-old Sayed Afsar Sadat, whose left hand was damaged in an airstrike when he was a child. “I was a bank manager in Afghanistan, I had a house and a car. Now I’m nothing,” he says. He and his family have been at the border for 15 days and, if the list does not fail them, they have another 18 days to wait.
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The UN Refugee Agency said it was deeply concerned that asylum-seekers were reportedly being forced back across the border into Serbia under new Hungarian regulations and called for an investigation into reports that they were being subjected to violence and abuse.
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Economic governance has become one of the pillars of EU’s enlargement policy, mirroring developments within the EU to strengthen economic policy under the European Semester. A new approach has been developed to help the enlargement partners strengthen macroeconomic stability, boost growth and meet the economic criteria for accession.
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Kopaonik lends itself to active relaxation throughout the year and is the largest and best-known Serbian ski centre. The Ravni Kopaonik plateau is centred around tourism, with a wide range of accommodation and a network of ski slopes amongst other facilities.
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Hundreds of thousands of people have fled across the Mediterranean Sea this year to escape war and persecution. UNHCR presents seven key events in this unfolding drama…
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UNHCR remains concerned at the risks associated with a series of new and uncoordinated restrictions imposed on several borders in the Balkans.
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Thousands of refugees and migrants in the Balkans, stranded due to delays at border crossings and registration points, have been exposed to conditions that pose a real threat to their health as assistance fails to meet minimum standards. Unless adequate protections are urgently put in place, MSF warns that thousands of pregnant women, young children and elderly people will be exposed to extremely challenging conditions this winter with potentially life threatening implications.
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