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Asselborn: Other EU countries should take 4,000 child migrants from Greece
Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has called for other EU countries to take in 4,000 unaccompanied child migrants from Greece and that if EU countries refuse to take their fair share EU funding should be withheld.
Greece has an estimated 4,800 unaccompanied children
Asselborn knows the EU better than most as he has been serving in his current post since 2004.
Mitsotakis heralds support program for unaccompanied minors among refugees
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has outlined a program to support some 4,000 unaccompanied minors among refugees and migrants living in Greece.
One in four unaccompanied child-migrants live on the street
Shocking data have emerged from a recent study of unaccompanied child migrants entitled "Children as prey: Exclusion and exploitation of unaccompanied child-migrants in Greece, Italy, and Spain".
Over 2,600 minors sought asylum in Greece last year
More unaccompanied minors sought protection in Greece last year compared with the one before that, data published by the European Union's statistical agency on Friday show.
Outlook for funding of refugee programs unclear
The outlook for the funding of refugee accommodation programs in Greece is unclear even as arrivals from Turkey are expected to increase over the coming months.
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IOM says more shelters required to house unaccompanied minors
The International Organization for Migration last week announced it had offered shelter and tailored services to more than 1,114 unaccompanied minors in Greece since the beginning of 2018 as part of an European Union-funded program.
Underage refugees remain in police cells due to lack of housing
Thousands of unaccompanied underage refugees remain in police custody for days, waiting for a spot to open in accommodation facilities, according to Greek non-governmental organisation Arsis.
Reunifications of refugees slow down
Hundreds of refugees stranded in Greece have to put up with long delays in reuniting with their relatives in other European countries.
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Some 2,500 children asked for asylum in Greece in 2017
Some 2,500 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Greece last year, around 8 percent of the total 31,400 child refugees who sought asylum in European Union countries in 2017.
Italy received a relatively large chunk of applications for asylum - more than 10,000, or 32 percent of the total - followed by Germany, with 9,100 applications (29 percent).
Police relocate 600 migrants from disused factories in Patra to state facilities
The Greek Police early on Tuesday relocated hundreds of migrants from makeshift camps that have sprung up in disused factories in the port of Patra over the past few months.
The operation began at 5.30 in the morning with officers entering the two camps simultaneously to inform the migrants of their imminent relocation.