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The main priority of new European Commission will be the urgent agreement on a sustainable, coherent and integrated European refugee and migration policy, the European Commissioner-designate in charge of Protecting our European way of life, Margaritas Schinas, said in a pre-recorded message for the 2019 Thessaloniki Summit on Thursday.

The International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD25) started on Nov. 12 in Nairobi under the shadow of the diverging views of the conservative and liberal governments on sexual and reproductive health.

As many Bulgarians and Romanians immigrate to Germany, they will not be able to satisfy the huge need for labor in the country. It urgently needs new migrants, Deutsche Welle writes.

At least five closed pre-departure centers will reportedly be created for migrants who are not entitled to asylum in Greece, while the government will seek to ensure the return to Turkey of 10,000 by the end of 2020.

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Greece is facing an "asymmetrical threat" from Turkey vis-a-vis the refugee and migration crisis, and the European union is "incapable and unwilling" to deal with the issue, except "superficially, putting money into it," the honorary chief of the Greek armed forces, Konstantinos Ginis, told Skai on Tuesday.

The procedures for granting asylum to refugees need to be radically reformed so that the examination of applications can be accelerated and those who are genuinely entitled to protection can be identified.

Government spokesman Stelios Petsas said authorities want to reduce migrant flows during the winter and increase the number of expulsions.

Greek MPs were presented on Tuesday morning with a draft bill aimed at reducing the number of refugees and migrants trapped in the country by lengthy bureaucratic procedures.

By 2050, Bulgaria will lose a quarter of its population, according to a UN report cited by BGNES.