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Europe

EU Leaders Approve Measures To Control Migrant Influx

For the second night in a row, European Union leaders approved plans aimed at controlling the influx of migrants after previously being deeply divided over a solution.

EU Leaders Approve Measures To Control Migrant Influx

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Europe

EU Leaders Debate Program To Address Migrant Crisis

European Union leaders meet in Brussels to consider sending more money to countries and agencies looking after Syrians in the Middle East, and a plan to deport migrants who don't qualify as refugees.

EU Leaders Debate Program To Address Migrant Crisis

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Europe

Plan To Relocate 120,000 Migrants In Europe Meets Resistance

European heads of government are meeting in Brussels to adopt a controversial plan to relocate refugees among EU member states. Steve Inskeep gets the latest from NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson.

Plan To Relocate 120,000 Migrants In Europe Meets Resistance

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Europe

EU Ministers Vote To Relocate 120,000 Refugees Across Member States

European Union interior and justice ministers met in Brussels Tuesday to discuss a proposed plan to relocate 120,000 refugees across member states. The meeting, on the eve of an EU summit, is likely to prove contentious, since several eastern European governments have already rejected the idea.

EU Ministers Vote To Relocate 120,000 Refugees Across Member States

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Europe

Germany's Warm Welcome To Migrants Marks Shift In Attitudes

Germans are grappling with what could be as many as a million asylum-seekers to their country this year, but most say they welcome the new arrivals. A sizeable majority of Germans today think of their country as a land of immigrants, who are vital to keeping it strong as the traditional population ages and shrinks. One of these new Germans is an immigrant from Mozambique who has become a brew master, soccer coach and member of the town council in an eastern German hamlet, where extremists have been attacking asylum-seekers.

Germany's Warm Welcome To Migrants Marks Shift In Attitudes

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Kerry Pledges More U.S. Help Ahead Of EU Meeting On Migrant Crisis

EU officials meet in Brussels this week to consider a strategy to deal with the asylum seekers. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said America is hamstrung by security and financial concerns.

Kerry Pledges More U.S. Help Ahead Of EU Meeting On Migrant Crisis

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National

In Berlin, John Kerry Bumps Up Number Of Refugees U.S. Can Accept

The secretary of state has announced that the U.S. will increase the number of refugees it could admit annually to 100,000 in 2017.

In Berlin, John Kerry Bumps Up Number Of Refugees U.S. Can Accept

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Europe

European Interior Ministers Hold Meeting On Migrant Crisis

European interior ministers meet in Brussels Monday to discuss the migrant crisis as Germany imposes "temporary" border controls.

European Interior Ministers Hold Meeting On Migrant Crisis

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Europe

EU Meeting Focusing On Migrant Crisis To Discuss Controversial Border Checks

European ministers meet on Monday to discuss the migrant crisis. France and Germany want a quota system to distribute refugees across the EU, but there's opposition from Eastern European states.

EU Meeting Focusing On Migrant Crisis To Discuss Controversial Border Checks

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Young Migrants, Some Arriving Without Parents, Seek A Safe Place

Migrants seeking asylum wait at the registration center on August 27, 2015 in Ingelheim, Germany. Germany is receiving more than 1,000 new migrants a day from countries like Syria, Eritrea and Afghanistan. In some cases, those migrants include unaccompanied minors, as NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson found at a similar center in Munich. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images hide caption

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Young Migrants, Some Arriving Without Parents, Seek A Safe Place

In Munich last weekend, 195 children seeking asylum showed up alone. The growing number of unaccompanied minors presents a special challenge to German authorities, who generally don't deport children.

Young Migrants, Some Arriving Without Parents, Seek A Safe Place

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Europe

Berlin Unearths Giant Head Of Vladimir Lenin Statue For Exhibition

The 5-foot-tall head of a despised Vladimir Lenin statue in Berlin has been dug up from its secret grave. It was hidden as part of the public backlash against communism after the former East Germany collapsed a quarter century ago. It will now form part of an exhibit about the Cold War.

Berlin Unearths Giant Head Of Vladimir Lenin Statue For Exhibition

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Europe

European Commission President Calls For Refugee Quota Plan

The head of the European commission has outlined a plan for more European countries to share responsibility for resettling refugees from the Middle East and Africa. But a number of European Union states have objected to the plan.

European Commission President Calls For Refugee Quota Plan

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Munich Schools Scramble To Accomodate Migrant Children

Among the thousands of migrants arriving in Munich are children, who require extra help to adjust to their new environment. These children are overwhelming Bavarian authorities who by law are required to send them to school when classes there resume next week. But they don't have enough room in transitional programs the newcomers need.

Munich Schools Scramble To Accomodate Migrant Children

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Europe

Despite Warm Welcome, There's A Backlash Against Migrants In Germany

Many thousands of migrants from Syria and elsewhere were finally allowed to cross from Hungary into Austria and Germany over the weekend, but there are growing signs the welcome isn't open-ended.

Despite Warm Welcome, There's A Backlash Against Migrants In Germany

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Politics

Hungarian Prime Minister Says Migrants Are Germany's Problem

At tense meetings in Brussels Thursday, the Hungarian prime minister said refugees threaten Europe's Christian identity. He also said the migrants should be Germany's responsibility because most of them want to travel there.

Hungarian Prime Minister Says Migrants Are Germany's Problem

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