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EU Leaders Close Summit as Refugees Face Increasing Border Crackdown

HeadlineSep 24, 2015

In news from Europe, EU leaders have wrapped up a summit meeting addressing the influx of refugees fleeing violence in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Nigeria and other countries. Leaders agreed on a modest plan to resettle 120,000 refugees across the member states. This comes as tens of thousands of people are attempting to make their way across the continent amid continued border crackdowns. Croatia and Serbia have banned cargo travel between the two countries, as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has mobilized soldiers and prisoners to work on the fence running along the border with Croatia. Hungary has also placed ads in Jordanian media outlets warning refugees not to come to Hungary and that crossing is punishable by imprisonment.

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