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Europe Prepares to Deport Migrants

Edit Chosun Ilbo 02 Apr 2016
On Monday, the European Union and Greece are scheduled to begin sending migrants, including Syrians, from the Greek Isles to Turkey under a deal reached two weeks ago between the Turkish government and the EU ... Oxfam's migration policy head Sara Tesorieri said the agreement not only "fails to respect the spirit of international and EU laws, but may amount to trading human beings for political concessions."....

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Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
The visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Brussels was brief but intense and the India-EU Summit meeting, on March 30, with Presidents Donald Tusk of the European Council and Jean-Claude Juncker of the European Commission, was enormously productive ... The summit has endorsed a plan for joint cooperation in many areas under the title “EU-India Agenda for Action 2020” ... Relations between the EU and India began in 1962....

Ministers urged to 'stand up' to China in battle to save UK steel industry

Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 Apr 2016
The announcement on Friday that Beijing is to impose anti-dumping duties on "under-priced" steel from the EU, Japan and South Korea further inflamed feelings and intensified the calls for the Government to act ... "Rather than standing up for China in the EU, by blocking higher tariffs on their steel, he should be standing up to China on behalf of the UK steel industry."....

Poroshenko Predicts Win In Dutch Vote On Ukraine Pact With EU

Edit Radio Free Europe 02 Apr 2016
He accused the Dutch anti-EU activists who demanded the referendum of exploiting the Ukraine question as part of an agenda to strike a blow against the EU. The cooperation deal with Ukraine puts Kyiv on a path toward eventual EU membership ... other eastern European states that he doesn't expect Ukraine to join the EU for another 25 years....

5 hurt in violence at migrant detention camp

Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
Greece has been detaining migrants who arrived after March 20 and will begin deporting them back to Turkey next week, under an EU-Turkey agreement on migration ... Luxembourg PM Pope Francis urges Europe to share migrant burden fairly Balkan, EU leaders pledge to work together on migrant crisis Europe migrant crisis....

Kezia Dugdale clarifies independence stance after EU comments

Edit Belfast Telegraph 02 Apr 2016
Kezia Dugdale has moved to clarify her stance on independence after she said in an interview ''it's not inconceivable'' that she could support a future Yes vote if the UK leaves the EU. Speaking to the Fabian Review, the Scottish Labour leader said she " would very much like'' to remain part of both the UK and EU....

Explanation of Vote at the Adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2279 on Burundi (US Mission to the UN - New York)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
It was agreed that 200 African Union human rights and military observers would be deployed, but today there are currently 32 human rights observers and 15 military observers on the ground in Burundi, and they do not have a Memorandum of Understanding with the government ... We call on the Government of Burundi to cooperate fully to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of these human rights observers and military experts....

Hungary's government claims there are 900 'no-go areas' in Europe overrun with migrants

Edit The Independent 02 Apr 2016
In an apparent attempt to build domestic opposition to EU migrant ... The EU quota plan is to share out 160,000 migrants among each of the member states....

Non-EU Migrants Who Wish To Live In Belgium Must Sign ‘Newcomers Statement’, Pledging To Accept ...

Edit Inquisitr 02 Apr 2016
According to Government officials, non-EU immigrants who wish to reside in Belgium must agree to sign and abide by a ‘Newcomers Statement’, which acknowledges their pledge to accept and respect local values and beliefs ... According to Secretary Francken’s official Twitter account, Non-EU migrants entering Belgium will be asked to....

OHA publishes 15-year cancer data for areas near glass companies (Oregon Public Health Division)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
The only exception was for one, five-year period in north Portland, where a small, statistically significant increase in the number of observed bladder cancer cases was noted during 1999 through 2003 ... number of observed cases could result in a statistically significant outcome. The increase in observed cases was not sustained in subsequent years....

Nuclear Security Summit 2016 (European External Action Service)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Apr 2016
(Source. European External Action Service) ... We, the leaders, gathered in Washington, D.C. on the first day of April, 2016 on the occasion of the fourth Nuclear Security Summit, are proud to observe that the Summits have since 2010 raised awareness of this threat and driven many tangible, meaningful and lasting improvements in nuclear security ... More info ... http.//www.nss2016.org/ ... http.//eeas.europa.eu/statements-eeas/2016/160401_01_en.htm....

Brexit will mean big medical bills for Britons travelling abroad, pro-Europe campaigners warn

Edit The Independent 02 Apr 2016
In an effort to turn focus of the referendum campaign’s on to health, Britain Stronger in Europe argued that the European Health Insurance Card system would be in jeopardy if the UK votes to leave the EU ... treatment in European hospitals free or at a reduced rate under a deal to transfer costs between different EU health services....

Bombay High Court

Edit Indian Express 02 Apr 2016
In a significant judgment, the Bombay High Court Friday observed it is the Fundamental Duty of the state to protect the Fundamental Rights of women. Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice M S Sonak’s observation comes at a time when a section of women revolted against the entry ban into the shrine of a temple in Maharashtra....
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