refugee crisis
Government’s handling of migration ‘a resounding failure,’ Mitsotakis says, on island Samos
Main opposition New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis deplored conditions at the hotspot for refugees and migrants on Samos as “pitiful,” following a tour of the facility on the northern Aegean island on Tuesday morning.
Migration minister interview: “We must relieve refugee camps and the islands from pressures”
Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas stated on Monday that there are six locations and particularly three northern Aegean islands where overcrowding at migrant camps must be eased, speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency’s radio “Praktoreio”.
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos to ANA: We need an asylum system based on solidarity
The evaluation of the condition is Greece, two years after the outbreak of the refugee crisis, is positive, said European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos adding the work must be completed.
President Obama’s historic visit to Greece: Economy and the refugee crisis on the Αgenda
By Lena Argiri Seventeen years after Bill Clinton said in Athens that the whole world was beginning to see Greece in a new light “as southeast Europe’s wealthiest nation”, President Barack Obama will have to come up with a totally different message during his visit on November 15.
Merkel: Western Balkan border shutdowns is not a solution to migrant flows
German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the shutdown of borders along the Western Balkan route yesterday, in a campaign speech in the Rhineland-Palatinate state where she took a differing stance from that of European Council President Donald Tusk, who had earlier welcomed the shutdowns in his tweeter statements.
The refugees literally stuck at the camp in Idomeni
With their numbers at 13,000 and counting, overnight rain brought more misery for the refugees now literally stuck at the camp in Idomeni, near the border with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Greece’s political leaders conclude meeting on refugee/migration crisis
Greece’s political party leaders concluded a meeting on the refugee and migration crisis late on Friday. A joint statement issued after the leaders’ council, chaired by Hellenic Republic President Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was backed by all the parties except the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Union of Centrists.
Tsipras: ‘The situation is difficult but manageable’
Greece cannot accept or tolerate the failure to implement the decisions of the last European Council on refugees, or the fact that the countries along the so-called “Balkan route” acted unilaterally and in concert with countries outside the EU, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told a cabinet meeting held to discuss the refugee crisis on Thursday.
The situation of the refugees camp at Idomeni is to the limits
The refugees camp of Idomeni, at the borders between Greece and FYROM, changes shape almost every hour of the day. Less than an hour a ship docks at the port, or a train arrives at the station of Thessalonica, more people flow to every available space in the fields near the frontier.
Greece shows Europe’s humanitarian face, PM Tsipras tells Corriere della Sera
Greece and the Greek people show Europe’s humanitarian face amid a crisis of humanitarian dimensions,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.