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| The Latest: Norway halts deportation because of bus shortage | |
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| ATHENS, Greece — The latest developments in Europe’s immigration crisis (all times local): | ATHENS, Greece — The latest developments in Europe’s immigration crisis (all times local): |
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| Norwegian police has halted deportations of asylum-seekers to Russia via a border crossing in the Arctic for the second consecutive day, citing a lack of buses in Norway. | |
| Police spokesman Daniel Drageset says 82 people have, however, been formally arrested inside a camp for refuges facing deportation in Kirkenes, a Norwegian town close to the Russian border, for fear they might flee. | |
| Drageset said Friday about 30 people saw their deportation suspended Thursday “because of lack of staff on the Russian side of the border.” | |
| Norway plans to return many of the 5,500 people who rode on bicycles across the Storskog crossing that is closed to pedestrians. Some of the migrants had permits to stay in Russia where they had been living for years and did not qualify for asylum. | |
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| 10:45 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| Hungary’s prime minister has praised Austria for setting a cap on the number of migrants it will take in, saying “common sense has prevailed.” | Hungary’s prime minister has praised Austria for setting a cap on the number of migrants it will take in, saying “common sense has prevailed.” |
| Viktor Orban said Friday on state radio that the Austrian decision to accept 37,500 refugees this year and a total of 127,500 through 2019 was “the most important news of the past months” and showed that “Europe can’t take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.” | Viktor Orban said Friday on state radio that the Austrian decision to accept 37,500 refugees this year and a total of 127,500 through 2019 was “the most important news of the past months” and showed that “Europe can’t take in huge masses of foreign people in an unlimited, uncontrolled manner.” |
| Orban, who last year built fences on the borders with Serbia and Croatia to stop the migrant flow, said that for Hungary “the best migrant is the migrant who does not come. The best number is zero.” | Orban, who last year built fences on the borders with Serbia and Croatia to stop the migrant flow, said that for Hungary “the best migrant is the migrant who does not come. The best number is zero.” |
| Orban also said that Hungary had exported hundreds of kilometers of its razor wire fence — many of its elements built by convicts in workshops — to Macedonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria. | Orban also said that Hungary had exported hundreds of kilometers of its razor wire fence — many of its elements built by convicts in workshops — to Macedonia, Slovenia and Bulgaria. |
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| 8:55 a.m. | 8:55 a.m. |
| Greece’s coast guard says at least 21 people have died in two separate sinkings of boats smuggling migrants off two Greek islands overnight. Dozens have survived, and a search and rescue operation is underway for more potential survivors. | Greece’s coast guard says at least 21 people have died in two separate sinkings of boats smuggling migrants off two Greek islands overnight. Dozens have survived, and a search and rescue operation is underway for more potential survivors. |
| The coast guard says a wooden boat carrying 48 people sank in the early hours of Friday off the small island of Farmakonissi in the eastern Aegean. Forty of the passengers managed to make it to shore, while authorities rescued one girl and recovered seven bodies from the sea. | The coast guard says a wooden boat carrying 48 people sank in the early hours of Friday off the small island of Farmakonissi in the eastern Aegean. Forty of the passengers managed to make it to shore, while authorities rescued one girl and recovered seven bodies from the sea. |
| In a separate incident, a wooden sailboat carrying an undetermined number of people sank off the island of Kalolimnos. | In a separate incident, a wooden sailboat carrying an undetermined number of people sank off the island of Kalolimnos. |
| The coast guard rescued 26 people and recovered 14 bodies. Coast guard vessels, a helicopter and private boats are searching for survivors. | The coast guard rescued 26 people and recovered 14 bodies. Coast guard vessels, a helicopter and private boats are searching for survivors. |
| Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. | Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. |