Nehammer: Austria offers two mln euros to Greece to address migration crisis
File photo: Austria’s Minister of Interior Karl Nehammer. ANA – MPA/Orestis Panagiotou
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Austria will offer to Greece two million euros as contribution to the Greek government’s efforts to address the migration-refugee crisis and its repercussions, Austria’s Minister of Interior Karl Nehammer said on Thursday during his visit to the identification centre of VIAL on Chios where he was accompanied by Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi and Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos.
On his part, Mitarachi said that “from the first moment Austria showed solidarity in practice with the protection of the Greek and European borders. Nehammer’s visit shows the EU’s practical support but also the fact that Greece has both land and sea borders that it protects with determination and total respect to the international and European law.”
He added that the migration flows have been almost zero as of March 2020. “I want to thank Austria for its donation aiming at the support of the health units, a donation that will be used effectively for the island,” he said.
Nehammer stated: “I a very impressed by the way the residents of Chios are coping with the challenges of the migration crisis.”
He also said “we will continue to support Greece’s efforts for the protection of the European borders. We chose to support Greece not in words but in action and for this reason we are offering two million euros to Greece in order for the Greek government to use it to address the migration crisis.”
Source: ANA – MPA
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