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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-02-29
CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras chairs meeting on refugees, first program review
[02] Greek-FYROM buffer zone opens; 300 refugees cross the borders
[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 1,810 refugees arrives at Piraeus port on Monday
[01] PM Tsipras chairs meeting on refugees, first program review
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday chairs a meeting on the refugee
issue and the first program review ahead of the critical EU summit on
March 7.
Tsipras underlined that Greece will ask for the obligatory allocation of
refugees in EU countries, otherwise it will not consent to agreements
from now on. He will brief accordingly the President of the European
Council Donald Tusk during his visit to our country next Thursday .
Meanwhile, the government is waiting for the representatives of the
institutions to arrive to Greece and the first program review to be
concluded, stressing that it implements the measures and the terms of
the agreement.
[02] Greek-FYROM buffer zone opens; 300 refugees cross the borders
The Greek-FYROM buffer zone opened late on Sunday and 300 refugees from
Iraq and Syria managed to cross the borders.
The buffer zone closed again at 4 pm and around 7,000 refugees have been
stranded at Idomeni.
[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 1,810 refugees arrives at Piraeus port on Monday
"Ariadni" ferry with 1,810 migrants and refugees from Chios and Mytilene
docked at Piraeus port on Monday morning.
The port authorities have offered four passenger stations and the
warehouse for hosting refugees.
"Blue Star 2" is expected to arrive to the port later in the day carrying
183 refugees and migrants from Leros island.
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