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When did European media start noticing refugees?

Big data gives an idea of when European media woke up

After crossing into Croatia from Serbia, a group of refugees walk from the village of Tovarnik to a meeting point with a smuggler who has promised to take them to Austria Andrei Pungovschi/IRIN

Online media coverage of refugees in Europe is analysed using the GDELT database. 

 
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