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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Athens Warns of 41 000 Migrants Ready to Go to Western Europe

There are at least 41 000 migrants in Greece, most of whom Syrians, who are ready to be resettled across Europe. The statement was made by Greek Minister of migration Yanis Mutsalas. According to information provided by the UN, the number of people entereing Greece over June and July was 54 000 people.  A total of 41 000 out of them have requested a refugee statute and have submitted a request for resettling. Merely 2000 of them have agreed to go back to their countries of origin. Meanwhile, additional 11 000 people are still awaiting registration. They have recently reached Greece by sea from Turkey. 


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