Leaders representing Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia met in Brussels at the Commission’s HQ and agreed to improve cooperation and step up consultation between the countries along the route and decided on pragmatic operational measures that can be implemented as of tomorrow to tackle the refugee crisis in the region.
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The European Commission has awarded € 5.9 million of emergency assistance from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) to Greeceto support the country in coping with the high number of arrivals of migrants and refugees on the Eastern Aegean islands.
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UN refugee agency said it was concerned by “credible testimonies” it has received of sexual violence and abuse against refugee and migrant women and children on the move in Europe
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Regional and local leaders are asking the European Union to redouble efforts to listen to local communities by introducing annual EU-wide regional surveys.
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French President Francois Hollande is sending a message of “solidarity and trust” to Athens with his visit.
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In view of the unfolding emergency in the countries along the Western Balkans migratory route, there is a need for
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Deputy Foreign Minister Ioannis Amanatidis met with Hoang Binh Quan, the Head of the Commission for External Relations of the Central Committee
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“The decisions of the EU Summit on tackling the refugee crisis are towards the right direction” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Friday.
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UNHCR staff had to be evacuated briefly yesterday from a registration site when violence flared at a crowded site on
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President Donald Tusk, in his remarks after the European Council meeting said: “First of all, allow me to express cautious
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