France agrees to relocate 400 refugees from Greece

France will take 400 asylum seekers from Greece, with priority given to families and other vulnerable individuals, France's Deputy Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said after meeting with Alternate Minister of Migration Greece Koumoutsakos in Athens on Monday.

Nunez said that a group of French specialists would arrive in Greece to prepare the relocation, expected to be completed by summer. The move is one of the six measures hammered out to assist Greece with the refugee issue.

The measures belong to a framework "of close and trusting collaboration between two countries," Nunez said and described his visit as related to "the solidarity France is obliged to express."
In addition, France will send 24 specialists on asylum, with the option of increasing their number and extending their tour of duty in Greece to three or four instead of the current two. The number of...

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