Tag: greek
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Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Phoebe Fronista ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A. Stranded in filthy conditions near the northern border…
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Greece steps up efforts to move migrants to sheltered camps
By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos and Phoebe Fronista ATHENS/IDOMENI (Reuters) – Greece increased efforts on Saturday to move thousands of migrants near the border with Macedonia to sheltered camps, as the spread of infection became a concern with one person in a sprawling tent city diagnosed with Hepatitis A. Stranded in filthy conditions near the northern border…
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Europe on cusp of self-induced humanitarian crisis: UNHCR
“Europe is on the cusp of a largely self-induced humanitarian crisis”, the UN refugee agency's spokesman Adrian Edwards told a news briefing. The UNHCR also urged all EU member states to reinforce their capacity to register and process asylum seekers through their national procedures as well as through the European relocation scheme.