Slowly but gradually the number of refugees and migrants arriving from the Turkish coast started to rise again and the flow is on daily basis. In the last 24 hours alone, a total of 462 refugees and migrants arrived on the Greek islands of the eastern Aegean Sea in the …
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Greece urges EU for “Plan B” if Turkey walks out of Migration Deal
The European Union must come up with an alternative plan in order to tackle Migration in case Turkey makes its threats true and walk out form the Migration deal. “We are very concerned,” Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas told German conservative daily Bild after Turkey threatened to walk out of …
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FM Cavusoglu: No visa-free for Turks, no EU-Turkey Deal
He couldn’t be more clear. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu warned Europe of the consequences if the European Union fails to deliver visa-free for Turkish citizens: Ankara will back out of the EU-Turkey deal that aims to stem the refugee and migrant flows. In an article posted on German daily …
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Refugee flows to Greece increase after Turkish Coup attempt, as Erdogan plays the Migration Card again
Refugees and migrants flow has intensified after the failed coup in Turkey. According to official data from the Greek Migration Ministry and the Coast Guard. Since the failed coup attempt on July 15th, new arrivals from Turkey to Greece have increased with the daily average to reach 100 people. July …
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rejects EU Funds in protest at Refugee policies & EU-Turkey Deal
Humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced today that it will no longer take funds from the European Union and Member States, in opposition to what the MSF describes as EU’s “damaging deterrence policies and intensifying attempts to push people and their suffering away from European shores.” The decision is …
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Rescuer cradles drowned migrant baby. Shocking, right?
Hey! Don’t! Don’t look away! Right. The baby is not sleeping. The little one, probably less than a year old, half dressed in baby clothes, was pulled from the sea by the team of a German humanitarian organization operating a rescue boat between Libya and Italy on Friday. Rescuer Martin …
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Erdogan tells EU: Turkey’s Parliament will block EU migrant deal if no visa-free travel
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it very clear to EU and his – rather former – friend German Chancellor Angela Merkel: Turkey’s Parliament would block the EU migrant deal if no visa-free travel, the famous EU Turkey Deal that was supposed to stem the flow of refugees and migrants …
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Frontex: Number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90% in April, just 2,700 arrivals
The number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90 percent in April, EU border agency Frontex said on Friday, in a sign that a deal with Turkey to send back those who make the sea journey between the two countries is working. “Fewer than 2,700 people arrived in Greece in …
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Juncker warns Turkey over visas, Erdogan started sending refugee boats to Greece again
Turkey will have to reform its anti-terrorism laws or the planned visa-free deal with the EU will fall apart, EU commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said on Thursday. Speaking at a conference in Berlin, Juncker insisted that Ankara meet all EU 72 prerequisites before lifting short-stay travel restrictions on Turks. “We …
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EP President M Schulz blocks Turkey’s visa-free bid
The President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, announced on Wednesday that he has stopped procedures involving the liberalisation of visas for Turkish nationals. Schulz informed reporters that he had not sent the necessary document concerning the visa liberalisation to the appropriate committee. He said that Turkey had failed to …
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EU’s seeks Plan B for refugees: isolate Greek islands, suspend ferry traffic
The European Union allegedly prepares a Plan B to stem refugees and migrants flow in case that Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan steps back for the EU Turkey deal and starts sending boats to Europe again. What is this Plan B? To isolate the Greek islands from the mainland and …
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President Erdogan tells EU: “We’re going our way, you go yours” – Bye, Bye to EU Turkey Deal
Turkish president President Tayyip Erdogan told the European Union on Friday that Turkey would not make changes to its terrorism laws required under a deal to curb migration, and declared: “we’re going our way, you go yours”. His fiery speech will be a blow to any hope in European capitals …
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Deportations to Turkey resume amid uproar, protests and ugly scenes
Deportations to Turkey resumed on Friday morning amid protests and activists jumping in the water to prohibit the ship’s journey to Dikili. While almost 150 people were deported according to EU Turkey deal, another 149 arrived in the last 24 hours. In an emergency meeting, Turkish Parliament confirmed that Turkey …
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Greece’s New Legislation for Asylum Seekers – Summary in ENG
Below is a Summary of Greece’s New Asylum Legislation voted last week. The Legislation was approved by the Greek Parliament in order to facilitate the implementation of Eu Turkey Deal. The Bill contains important charges for asylum seekers. Summary in English Greece’s New Asylum Legislation: What Will Change? April 4, …
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Deportations to Turkey “blocked” due to “rain” of asylum applications on Greek islands
Refugees and migrants on the Greek islands of Lesvos and Chios had the EU and Frontex officials to change their re-admissions schedule. They “stormed’ the asylum offices and started to submit “asylum applications” en mass, with the effect that the lists with the names of those to be deported had …
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191 men & 11 women of different nationalities (also Afghans) were deported to Turkey (full list)
According to a press release issued by the Greek Migration Coordination body a total of 202 people, 191 men and 11 women, were deported from the islands of Lesvos and Chios in Greece to Turkey, on Monday morning. Their nationalities are: From Lesvos: 135 men and 1 woman ⇒ 124 …
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Germany takes 16 Syrian refugees from Turkey, now TR has to take 16 from Greece
The first Syrian refugees arrived in Germany on Monday morning under the controversial EU-Turkey deal of refugees exchange and send backs. In this silly children’s game called “EU Turkey Deal”, now Turkey has to take 16 Syrian refugees from Greece. The 16 asylum seekers were flown from Istanbul, Turkey, to …
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UPD 202 people deported from Greece to Turkey in a “dawn operation” (videos, picts)
The mass deportation operation started as early as 6 o’ clock in the morning, although it was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. The first 136 migrants from Lesvos were already in Dikili, Turkey at 9:30 a.m.It is more than obvious that the Frontex did not want much media around, for …
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Good old Blame Game: “Greece delays sending refugees back to Turkey under EU deal”
Are you kidding me? Just 36 hours after the EU-Turkey deal that goes in effect today and some international media launched a Blame Greece campaign again. In a report by Agence France Press re-posted by The Guardian, the title is as big as possible. Greece delays sending refugees back to …
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Did Turkey lie to EU about the number of Syrian refugees?
How many refugees are really in Turkey? Short before the EU-Turkey Summit, Turkish media have been claiming that 3 million Syrian refugees were in Turkey awaiting to come over to Europe. The certainly exaggerated number Thus to create panic. But what are the real numbers of refugees in Turkey? Did …
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