Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said on Wednesday. Mitararchi, who last week co-signed a letter with

Afghanistan to stem the flow of would-be asylum seekers.... Notis Mitarachi ramped up his calls to

fighting intensifies.... But Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said this week the EU could

ATHENS: Protesters hold signs and banners as they stand beside a life raft during a demonstration against the Greek government’s move to push back migrants. —AFP ATHENS: Hundreds protested against migrant pushbacks and border violence in Athens on Sunday, after Turkish allegations that Greece’s border policy led 19 migrants to freeze to death last week. According to Greek police, around 700 people marched from Omonia Square at the centre of Athens to Syntagma Square in front of the Greek parliam

He said two other centres would be ready on the islands of Kos and Leros in a few months." For us it's a jail," Iorgos Karagiannis, head of mission for Medecins Sans Frontieres( MSF), said of the new camp.... The number of asylum-seekers was 42, 000 in August, about half the number a year ago, migration ministry data showed. The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has fuelled fears of a new wave of refugees.... Greece says it will not allow a replay of the 2015 migrant crisis and wants a joint Eur

This sounds an awful lot like Macron’s priority when the Taliban are in the midst of door-to-door reprisals is covering his flank for some election, not saving lives." Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, a former government spokesperson and minister under Francois Hollande, also said: “ But why these words?... Is this what politics has become, the tactical and icy at the same time, again and again, no matter what the distressing circumstances?... ” EU foreign ministers held a crisis meeting on Tuesday to

The Belgian MEP argued the EU has once again acted as a" passive bystander" urging Brussels to open its doors to Afghan refugees.... I see aeroplanes landing and taking off," Stefano Pontecorvo, NATO's civilian representative, said on Twitter.By afternoon, at least 12 military flights had taken off, a diplomat at the airport said....

ZAGREB( Reuters)-Croatia acknowledged on Friday that its police officers had participated in a violent pushback of migrants on the border with Bosnia, and Greece promised to investigate reports of similar action by its officials. Several European media outlets reported this week that Greek and Croatian officials were illegally and sometimes violently pushing back migrants.... The European Union's executive called for an investigation on Thursday. Reuters has not independently verified the media

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No one died in the two-day blaze.... Meanwhile, the authorities shut two projects providing housing to vulnerable migrants on the island." No one should have to spend the winter in tents," Ms Girard said.... " Tents after a fire, yes, but a year later?...