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Thousands of refugees stranded as EU asylum applications rise by 85% - live Thousands of refugees stranded as EU asylum applications rise by 85% - live
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The EU’s data agency has published some detailed figures about asylum seekers in Europe over the first half of the summer, revealing the dramatic rise in people arriving since the start of the refugee crisis:
The statistics have made the front page of the Daily Mail this morning, leading on the fact that four out of five asylum seekers are not Syrian.
Today's front page: Four out of five migrants aren't Syrians http://t.co/Bx4VmLeaMG #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/HSh7y9theM
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Hungarian authorities escort people to border with Austria
Since Croatia, overwhelmed by the large number of people crossing through the country, drove busloads of people to the Hungarian border, Budapest has now organised an escort for those people to the Austria border.
Hungary’s defence minister, Istvan Simicsko, announced that he has called up some volunteer military reservists to help deal with the crisis, the state news agency MTI reported today.
In Slovenia, hundreds of people are camping out in Obrezje, which is just across the Croatian border, with authorities reportedly only allowing families with women and children to continue through the country.
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Some tragic news from Greece this morning, a five-year-old Syrian girl has been found dead and several other refugees are missing when their boat sank, Turkey’s state news agency has reported. Some tragic news from Greece this morning, a five-year-old Syrian girl has been found dead and several other refugees are missing after their boat sank, Turkey’s state news agency has reported.
The Greek coastguard said it had rescued 11 people, including a man and a child who have been hospitalised with hypothermia, and was looking for other survivors east of Lesbos. The Greek coastguard said it had rescued 11 people, including a man and a child who were being treated in hospital for hypothermia, and it was looking for other survivors east of Lesbos.
“We were told there were 26 people in the boat in total,” a coastguard spokeswoman told AFP. “We were told there were 26 people in the boat in total,” a coastguard spokeswoman told Agence France-Presse.
Since the pictures of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi were splashed across newspapers across the world, more children have been found dead on the beaches, with the body of another four-year-old Syrian girl washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday. Since the pictures of three-year-old Alan Kurdi were splashed across newspapers around the world, more children have been found dead on the beaches, with the body of another four-year-old Syrian girl washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday.
More than 2,600 people have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year. More than 2,600 people have died in the Mediterranean this year.
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Good morning, the worsening refugee crisis across Europe continue to draw bordering countries into bitter stand-offs. Here are the main developments overnight: Good morning, the worsening refugee crisis across Europe continues to draw bordering countries into bitter stand-offs. Here are the main developments overnight:
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