UNHCR is urging Greece and States along the Balkans route to act quickly to avert a disaster and approach this emergency in a spirit of solidarity and sharing of responsibility. Safe access to asylum, shelter and basic assistance, and treating people with dignity and respect must remain essential elements of the response.
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Being shortlisted for the title can result in significant cultural, economic and social benefits for the cities concerned.
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“We cannot simply abandon Greece now. That is precisely what I am afraid of”, said Angela Merkel on German television.
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Common points in the approach to handling the refugee crisis, through a European prism, were ascertained in the successive meetings the Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, had in Helsinki Friday with Finnish Foreign Minister Timo Soini, Finnish Interior Minister Petteri Orpo, and the Secretart General for Foreign and European Affairs.
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Ministerial Meeting of the ‘Med Group’ recognised the need for enhanced security cooperation between the EU and Southern Mediterranean partners and regional multilateral organizations, noting that the EU and its member states should be more actively engaged in this field.
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Border closures in the Balkans may create an enormous and potentially critical refugee bottleneck in Greece, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned.
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By decision of Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias, Greece’s Ambassador to Vienna, Ms. Aliferi, is being called to Athens for consultations aimed at safeguarding the friendly relations between the states and peoples of Greece and Austria.
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Norwegian Minister for the European Economic Area and European Affairs, Elisabeth Aspaker met yesterday with her Greek counterpart Nikos Xydakis at the Foreign Ministry. The meeting between the two Ministers was carried out within the framework of Aspaker’s scheduled visit to Greece at the Foreign Ministry.
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“It would be of great political significance and highly symbolic if the UN Secretary General himself, Ban Ki-moon, visited the Eastern Aegean, the gateway of the refugee and migrant influx into Europe,” Xydakis stressed during talks with UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi.
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Europe is backing into an even greater refugee crisis by tightening border restrictions on the hundreds of thousands who have fled war and conflict in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi said.
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