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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-08
CONTENTS
[01] Austrian minister: Greek-Turkish borders must close, refugees
sent back
[01] Austrian minister: Greek-Turkish borders must close, refugees
sent back
VIENNA (ANA-MPA / D. Dimitrakoudis) – The borders between Greece
and Turkey must close and refugees caught trying to cross over into
Europe should be sent back to Turkey, Austrian Interior Minister
Johanna Mikl-Leitner was reported as commentnig to the Austrian daily
"Der Standard", in statements published on Monday.
Mikl-Leitner is scheduled to meet with Greek Alternate Foreign Minister
for European Affairs, Nikos Xydakis, in Vienna later in the day.
"Rescuing [refugees] must naturally come first, but the automatic
entry into the EU must not follow in the second place. People should be
transported back to Turkey. They will then immediately stop the dangerous
(maritime) approaches," she was quoted as saying.
The Austrian minister has threatened Athens with expulsion from the
Schengen area, in statements over the last two weeks, if "Athens doesn't
finally do more to secure the EU's external borders."
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