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European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Migration and Asylum Minister Notis Mitarakis announced the creation of a temporary mechanism for the voluntary return of 5,000 migrants from the Greek islands to their countries of origin. The mechanism will be temporary, lasting only one month, and will offer the …

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Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that European Union member-states failed  to respond to the Greek request to take in 3,000 unaccompanied minors currently living in refugee camps and other facilities around the country. Speaking in the Parliament on Friday, Mitsotakis said on the distribution of 3,000 unaccompanied children in the …

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The largest number of refugees and migrants reaching Europe came via routes crossing from Turkey to Greece, mostly by sea, according to a UNHCR’s report for 2019. As of 30 September, some 80,800 refugees and migrants had arrived via the three Mediterranean routes to Europe, a 21% decrease compared to …

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