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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-01-14
CONTENTS
[01] Alt. FM Xydakis: 'Greece saved Europe's honour by saving refugees
in 2015'
[01] Alt. FM Xydakis: 'Greece saved Europe's honour by saving refugees
in 2015'
Alternate Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis hailed Greece's
role in saving lives of refugees in 2015 saying it "saved Europe's
honour", following a meeting with German Minister of State for Europe
Michael Roth in Berlin.
"Greece saved Europe's honour by saving more than 100,000 people in
2015 at its sea borders. Germany does the same by welcoming one million
refugees," Xydakis told Roth, according to a press release, adding
that the EU must focus on the geopolitical reasons fuelling the refugee
crisis. "What is happening and the way Europe is responding constitutes
a crash test for the Union."
He also send the message that Greece is fulfilling its obligations
towards its European partners announcing that the country is expected
to complete all its obligations within February.
On his side, Roth told Xydakis that the refugee crisis is of great concern
to German public opinion and emphasized that there must be a fair and
effective allocation of refugees to all EU countries and improve the
overall management process of refugee flows.
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