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A group of migrants on Saturday tried to bring down a fence in a desperate attempt to bust through the border into Greece while others hurled rocks at Greek police. Greek authorities responded, firing volleys of tear gas at the youths. CBC | World News
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Migrants, police clash again on Greek-Turkish border
Clashes between Greek riot police and migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey erupted anew Friday as European Union foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the Turkey-Greece border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. CBC | World News
Read More »Thousands of migrants mass at Greek border, more flee Syria
The UN says at least 13,000 people were massed on Turkey’s land border with Greece, hoping to head into the European Union. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian refugees tear gassed as they desperately try to cross border into Greece – VIDEO
WATCH the moment Syrian refugees are tear-gassed as they desperately try to cross the border into Greece. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »8 dead in Turkey after earthquake hits Iran border area
Eight people died and others were stuck under collapsed buildings in southeastern Turkey on Sunday after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Catastrophe’ looms as displaced Syrians flee toward closed Turkish border
Syrian families have been fleeing their homes and pushing toward a closed border with Turkey as government troops backed by Russia seek to regain control of the last opposition enclave in the country. CBC | World News
Read More »Russia confirms PAK-DA stealth bomber production ahead of Trump deploying troops to border
RUSSIA has given production of the terrifying PAK-DA long-range stealth bomber the rubber stamp in the latest sign the superpower flexing its military muscles. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Greece to boost border patrols, install cameras in effort to stop migrants
Greece is stepping up security on its porous land border with Turkey, used by thousands of migrants to clandestinely enter Europe, with extra guards supported by a network of powerful surveillance cameras, officials said Friday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. border patrol finds longest-ever smuggling tunnel on southwest border
U.S. authorities on Wednesday announced the discovery of the longest smuggling tunnel ever found on the Southwest border, stretching more than 1.2 kilometres from an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to the San Diego area. The tunnel is longer than 14 American football fields. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. border officers were told to target Iranian-born travellers, officer alleges in email
U.S. officers working at multiple Canada-U.S. border crossings were instructed to target and interrogate Iranian-born travellers earlier this month, said a U.S. border officer in an email obtained by CBC News. U.S. border authorities denied detaining Iranian-born travellers. CBC | World News
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