Tag Archives: migration crisis

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen expressed her full support to Greece during visit at the Evros region on Tuesday, where thousands of migrants are waiting to cross into Greece from Turkey. “Greece’s concerns are Europe’s concerns. As a European, I am on Greece’s side. And on the side …

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Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday requested an emergency meeting of the EU’s Foreign Ministers Council on the migration crisis with thousands of refugees and migrants trying to make it to the country. The request was reportedly put through by Dendias over the telephone to the EU’s High Representative …

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“The Hero of Aegean”, Hellenic Coast Guard officer, Captain Kyriakos Papadopoulos, who rescued more than 5,000 people at the peak of Migration Crisis passed away at the age of 44. He suffered a heart attack on Tuesday night. At the peak of the Migration Crisis 2015-2016, the captain of  Greek …

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Europe will have no future if the bloc does not admit mistakes in handling the financial and the migration crisis, Prime Minister warned the European Parliament on Tuesday. Alexis Tsipras said Europe could face an existential crisis over nationalism unless the bloc admits mistakes and its failure to handle a …

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The Dutch government has accused Italy and Greece of allowing two-thirds of migrants arriving on their shores to slip into the Europe by failing to register them properly as the EU rift over the migrant crisis deepens. Dutch migration minister,  Mark Harbers, made his remarks as he sought to underline …

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In internal EU memo obtained by Greek media reveals the blatant Turkish blackmail on the refugee crisis. The memo contains a summary of the dialogue between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with European Commissioner Jean Claude Juncker and President of the European Council Donald Tusk on 16th November 2015 during the …

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It needed the drowning of 1,000 people within 24 hours for the European Union to wake up and call an emergency leaders summit on Thursday in order to show that can effectively tackle the migration crisis. At a joint meeting of Foreign and Interior Ministers in Luxembroug on Monday, High …

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They are shocked. The EU leaders, the EU officials. But, No, they are not shocked by the loss of lives in the deep waters of the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on a daily basis. They are shocked by the number <700>. That is the lives that disappeared at once off …

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