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Migrant crisis: EU to boost aid to agencies

 European Union leaders have pledged another €1bn to help UN agencies support Syrian refugees in the Middle East, as part of renewed efforts to tackle the EU's migrant crisis.

Cyprus cruise ship rescued migrants 'refuse to disembark'

 Almost 300 people, thought to be Syrian refugees, are refusing to disembark from a cruise ship that rescued them off the coast of Cyprus, officials say.