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Greece Decides to Take 50,000 More Refugees

eid-708_6The Greek government decided to accommodate 50,000 more refugees on its soil and then negotiate again with the EU on how to tackle the continuous migrant inflow.
In an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Monday evening, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided to accept 50,000 more refugees and then start top-level talks on how to stem the massive inflow of migrants arriving daily from the Turkish coasts.
In the meeting it was decided that four or five more former army camps will turn into refugee camps. The camps will be along the axis that connects Piraeus Port to Idomeni, on the border with Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Furthermore, given that European countries — such as Austria — seem to withdraw from the agreement of the last summit, the prime minister is expected to communicate with European leaders in the coming hours, and express anguish for the explosive situation created as the northern neighbor FYROM has shut its borders.
Also the already difficult situation is compounded by Turkey’s withdrawal from the agreement that it would stop refugee smugglers operating along its coasts.
The Greek prime minister is also expected to have talks and seek aid from NATO allies, as per the agreement that NATO ships will patrol the Aegean to hinder refugee smugglers.
Meanwhile in Idomeni, a police operation is in progress in order to remove about 5,000 Afghan refugees who have been denied entry to FYROM. The refugees have occupied the railway line since yesterday when FYROM authorities refused them entry.
After the decision of the neighboring country, the refugees tried to cross the border by force and clashed with FYROM police. After they were pushed back, they occupied the railway line, stopping train traffic.

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