Horst Seehofer

Athens poised to sign migrant returns deal with Berlin

Athens is prepared to sign a bilateral deal with Berlin for the return of refugees that were first registered in Greece, according to Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas, who gave separate interviews to Spiegel Online and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung respectively.

Migrants to be returned to Greece, Italy from German-Austrian border, Seehofer says

Undocumented migrants at the German border with Austria who have travelled to Europe via Greece or Italy must be returned to either Athens and Rome accordingly, German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday following talks with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz in Vienna. 

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