Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos
EU will grant Greece an additional 37,5 million for better migrant reception, says Avramopoulos
European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Wednesday announced that the Commission has awarded an additional 37.5 million euros in emergency assistance under the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to improve reception conditions for migrants in Greece.
Migration flow is rising but things are still under control, says EU Commissioner Avramopoulos
“Even if the number of arrivals remains relatively low, arrivals from Turkey have seen a significant increase since March 2018 and arrivals on the western Mediterranean route continue to show an upward trend,” EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said on Wednesday at a press conference.
EU Commissioner Avramopoulos disappointed over refugees relocation programme
Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday upon his arrival at the meeting of EU interior ministers in Brussels expressed his “disappointment” over the “very poor results of the implementation of the (refugees) relocation programme.”