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PM Tsipras and EU Commissioner Avramopoulos focus on migrant inflows at mtg
The issue of managing migrant and refugee inflows, particularly with the help of the European Commission, was discussed at a meeting in Athens on Friday between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos.
Commissioner Avramopoulos proposes establishment of permanent forum of SE countries
The establishment of a permanent forum of all the countries of Southeastern Europe, both members of the European Union and non-members, was proposed by Greek European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos during his speech at the Delphi Economic Forum on Friday.
Avramopoulos decribes Tusk’s paper on migration as ‘unacceptable’ and ‘anti-European’
European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Tuesday the proposals of European Council President Donald Tusk on migration, included in a letter issued for the EU leaders’ summit later this week are “unacceptable” and “anti-European”.
ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis meets with EU Commissioner Avramopoulos
New Democracy (ND) leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis met on Monday with European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos at his office in parliament. Mitsotakis expressed deep concern over the increase in the flow of refugees and migrants to the northern Aegean islands.
Commissioner Avramopoulos: EU’s unity at risk; time of huge responsibility
“It is the moment of huge responsibility” stated European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos upon his arrival to the EU Interior Ministers meeting on Thursday in Brussels.
Commissioner Avramopoulos: “Greece has been out of Dublin since 2011, it’s time to change it”
Greece has been out of Dublin since 2011. It’s time to change that,” EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday adding that this does not mean transfer of people back to Greece.
Avramopoulos: Greece’s ‘eviction’ from Schengen was not raised or discussed
The issue of ‘evicting’ any member-state from the Schengen zone was neither raised nor discussed, European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Friday, while speaking at the Economist’s ‘The World in 2016 Gala Dinner’ in Athens. He criticised such reports as “exaggerations, conjecture and rumours that do only harm.”
EU borders will not close, says EU Commissioner Avramopoulos
“There is no closing EU borders issue” clarified European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos in an interview with private TV MEGA noting that Greece is not alone in the crisis management of the refugees issue.
Avramopoulos: Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks
Hotspots in Greece and Italy will be ready in four weeks the latest, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said in an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung on Tuesday.
Greek ministers stress importance of Schengen area to Commissioner Avramopoulos
Alternate Ministers for Migration Policy and Civil Protection, Yiannis Mouzalas Nikos Toskas respectively, jointly sent a letter to Migration and Home Affairs Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday stressing the importance of upholding the Schengen area, ahead of the EU summit on Dec. 17.