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EU-backed program foresees voluntary repatriation for 5,000 migrants
Migration Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday jointly announced the establishment of a European Union-backed program for the repatriation of 5,000 migrants from Greece.
EU commissioner says new asylum regulations to be ready after Easter
European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday said that she expects a revised framework for migration and asylum replacing the controversial Dublin Regulation will be ready after Easter.
AFP: Bulgaria Opposes Greek Plans for Refugee Camp near Border
Bulgaria's defence minister has hit out at "unreasonable" Greek plans to build a camp near their border to shelter asylum seekers amid a migration surge from Turkey, AFP reported, quoted by various media including Focus News Agency.
EIB gives Greece support for tackling migration
European Investment Bank Vice-President Andrew McDowell held talks in Athens on Friday with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis on two EIB initiatives to help Greece manage the increase in migrant and refugee arrivals.
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2,000 migrants to be transferred off Greek islands in March
Greek authorities will transfer 2,000 migrants and refugees off the islands of the eastern Aegean in March, Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said in Parliament on Thursday.
Mitarakis was speaking during a debate on an amendment that obliges migrants who have been granted asylum to leave the camps and ends their financial support.
Greece plans to deport migrants who arrived after March 1
Greece will transfer migrants who arrived on its territory illegally after March 1 to the northern city of Serres and plans to deport back to their own countries, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said late on Wednesday.
New closed center in northern Greece as EU pledges aid
The government has announced the creation over the next few days of a new closed camp in northern Greece for migrants that entered the country illegally since March 1, with a view to immediately deporting them back to their country of origin.
Islanders determined to prevent work on migrant centers
Local authorities and residents on the Aegean islands of Lesvos and Chios are preparing for a full-scale conflict to prevent the start of construction work over the next few days on new closed structures for migrants.
Protest groups said they are guarding the sites where the government intends to build the centers.
Greece shielded against coronavirus, health minister assures
The Greek authorities have taken every measure to protect the country against the spread of the new coronavirus, Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias said on Monday, as the death toll in neighboring Italy climbed to five.
Crucial week ahead for migration plan
This week is seen as a crucial one regarding migration as the freeze announced by Migration and Asylum Policy Minister Notis Mitarakis on the construction of new closed centers on expropriated locations on the islands will expire.
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