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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-26Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] Austria threatens Greece with expulsion from SchengenAustrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner threatened Greece with expulsion from the Schengen area on Thursday over its perceived inability to curb refugee flows into Europe, saying that if the country cannot protect the EU's external border, it cannot continue to be its border."If it is really the case that the Greek external border cannot be protected, can it be still a Schengen external border?" she said. She also defended FYROM's decision to increase controls at its border with Greece, saying it will help stop refugee flows. [02] Defence minister announces creation of 5 more hotspots in northern GreeceDefence Minister Panos Kammenos announced on Thursday the creation of five additional temporary accomodation centers in northern Greece to address the emergency situation that has developed following the restrictions imposed by FYROM in allowing refugees to cross its border.Kammenos said during a press briefing that the temporary accommodation camps will provide decent living conditions for the refugees and will separate nationalities and creeds to avoid confrontations among them. [03] NGO's try to secure passage of bus with vulnerable refugees into FYROMDoctors Without Borders and the UN's High Commission for Refugees are trying to convince authorities in FYROM to allow a bus full of refugees with medical problems which arrived at Kilkis, northern Greece, on Thursday to cross into the country by priority.The bus is carrying 45 refugees from Iraq and Syria, along with their carers. "There are cancer patients, a child with autism, a woman who just gave birth to twins, people with serious skin conditions and a person who has lost his legs and is wearing bad quality prosthetics," said Stella Nanou, spokeswoman of UNHCR, told ANA-MPA. Nanou said that nobody knows why all those people got into this bus with their families, adding that it will be extremely difficult to get them through the border, considering that only 100 have crossed into FYROM today. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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