As borders fortified, PM to meet with regional officials

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to meet on Wednesday with the country's regional governors in a bid to move forward with his government's plan to set up new reception centers for migrants on the mainland and relieve pressure on overcrowded camps on the Aegean islands. 

On Tuesday Mitsotakis met in Vienna with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, whose country has sent police officers to help guard the Greek-Turkish land border. 

Mitsotakis thanked Kurz for his country's contribution to bolstering Greece's land border with Turkey, which came under pressure earlier this month after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared he was "opening the gates" to refugees. Kurz noted that inflows have eased in recent days.

Mitsotakis, who discussed the migration crisis with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday, said he was hopeful that Turkey and...

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