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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-22
CONTENTS
[01] Farmers open Tempi Valley ahead of meeting with PM Tsipras
[02] Greece-Fyrom buffer zone packed with refugees; crossing point closed
[03] Four ferries with 1,600 refugees aboard dock at Piraeus port
on Monday
[01] Farmers open Tempi Valley ahead of meeting with PM Tsipras
Tempi Valley on the Athens-Thessaloniki motorway opened and traffic
has returned to normal.
Farmers, that kept Tempi Valley closed for the last 15 days, said they
opened the Valley as a gesture of goodwill and ahead of their scheduled
meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday noon.
[02] Greece-Fyrom buffer zone packed with refugees; crossing point closed
Congestion prevails at Greece-Fyrom's buffer zone at Idomeni following
FYROM's decision not to allow the entrance to Afghan nationals and the
imposition of stricter conditions to the entrance of Syrians and Iraqis
that have the relevant documents to access the country.
According to police's latest figures, over 2,000 refugees are currently
waiting at Idomeni camp while 62 buses with roughly 3,000 persons are
parked at the nearby gas station which is 20 klm away from the Greek-Fyrom
border awaiting police's signal to continue their trip.
However, a large number of Syrian or Iraquis refugees, who are allowed
to cross only by sawing their documents, have lost their passports
of identity cards in their long journey to reach the Greek coasts and
according to the new rules they are not allowed to cross the borders.
[03] Four ferries with 1,600 refugees aboard dock at Piraeus port
on Monday
Four ships with 1,600 migrants and refugees arrived at Piraeus port on
Monday morning.
"Eleftherios Venizelos" carried 729 people from Chios, "Ariadni" ferry
carried 590 people, "Nisos Mykonos" carried 209 from Mytilene and 74
from Chios. "Blue Star" carried 4 refugees from Kos.
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