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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-18
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[01] EC head Tusk: 'Unanimous agreement between EU and Turkey'
[02] Greek authorities searching for siblings of 7-year-old Syrian
cancer patient
[01] EC head Tusk: 'Unanimous agreement between EU and Turkey'
BRUSSELS (ANA-MPA/C. Vasilaki) - European Council President Donald
Tusk announced on Friday that there's a unanimous agreement between
all European Union member-states and Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on the joint statement which was prepared for the EU-Turkey
summit in Brussels.
"Now unanimous agreement between all EU HoSG and Turkey's PM on EU-Turkey
Statement," Tusk tweeted on his official account.
[02] Greek authorities searching for siblings of 7-year-old Syrian
cancer patient
IDOMENI (ANA-MPA/S. Papadopoulou) – Greece's government body that
manages the refugee crisis has been mobilized after it emerged that the
family of a 7-year-old Syrian boy who is hospitalized in Germany and
urgently needs a bone marrow transplant may be among the thousands of
refugees and migrants stuck in the country's temporary accommodation
shelters.
The story of Rami, which was first reported in "The Independent" on
March 15, quickly gained momentum internationally and even reached Prime
Minister Alexis Tsipras who is currently in Brussels for the EU-Turkey
summit on migration.
According to the British paper, Rami was diagnosed with Hodgkin's
Lymphoma five years ago – just after the start of the war in Syria
began. While he was in hospital, his family was displaced from their home
in Tadamoun by violence. His father eventually made the decision to try
and get the two of them to Germany via the smuggling routes, which they
eventually did, and Rami was able to continue his therapy in a hospital,
the paper reports.
In Germany, the doctors told his father that the boy's siblings are
potentially the best donors, however they are unable to reach the
country because the borders have closed and processing the family could
take months.
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