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The government on Tuesday set out the basic axes of an emergency plan to deal with an increased influx of immigrants into the country.

Government spokesman Gavriil Sakellaridis on Tuesday afternoon first announced that the leftist Greek government intended to issue "travel documents" to Syrian refugees that have requested asylum in Greece, in the wake of a massive influx of irregular migrants over the last three months onto several Greek islands.

Greece has reached a critical point with regards to the strong wave of refugees and illegal immigrants. The local government has also demanded that Europe should provide the necessary assistance so that the problem can be solved.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Tuesday will chair an interministerial meeting on the issue of increased migration flows, according to an official announcement.

Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou on Tuesday said that Greece can expect up to 100,000 migrants to cross its borders in 2015, adding that the government is drafting emergency measures to brace for the influx.

A wave of irregular immigrants has struck Greece in recent weeks. Alternate Immigration Policy Minister Tasia Christodolopoulou told private SKAI TV said that her own walk around the center of Athens did not indicate any particular increase in immigrants in Greece. She said "there aren't immigrants in the center. They are just sunning themselves in the morning."

As some 300 more undocumented migrants landed on Greek shores in less than 24 hours, Alternate Minister for Immigration Policy Tasia Christodoulopoulou on Friday met with Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis in a bid to find shelter for the increasing inflows.

By George Georgakopoulos

Greece ended up goalless with Hungary in Budapest on Sunday, on manager Sergio Markarian?s debut on the national team?s bench, a result that has left Greece at the bottom of its Euro 2016 qualifying group with two points.

President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos ha? a 30-minute private meeting today with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of four Alternate ministers.

During the meeting, the PM briefed the president on the discussions he held with European leaders in Brussels.

By Yiannis Papadopoulos

It's a Wednesday afternoon when the white bus pulls up at Omonia Square in downtown Athens. First to step off are two policemen, followed by 30 passengers, most of whom soon disappear into the streets of the city. But one man stands on the sidewalk, hesitating.