PM: Greece, EU cannot be blackmailed by Turkey on migration

Greece and the European Union should not be held hostage to Turkey over migration, Greek Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, as the country is looking for ways to limit refugee and migrant arrivals and decongest camps on the islands of the eastern Aegean.

"The migratory flows over tha past months have increased substantially. It is an issue that needs to be addressed at a European level. Greece and the Europe cannot be blackmailed by Turkey on this issue and the EU needs to demonstrate much more solidarity vis-a-vis Greece in managing this issue, in coming up with a new migration and asylum pack but also coming up with a n emergency plan B in case the current crisis turns into an emergency," he told journalists ahead of a European Council summit in Brussels.

Commenting on Cyprus, Mitsotakis said Greece supports the decision taken at the general council level...