Yiannis Mouzalas
Greece
Alt. Migration Min Mouzalas Says Must be Prepared for More Refugees
Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas referred to the condition of thousands of refugees that are stranded in Greece, in his address on Sunday to SYRIZA Central Committee.
Mouzalas said that a huge effort has been made in the last period...
Greece
What Does Plan B Entail for Refugees and Migrants?
The government is going to apply a plan-b in order to manage the refugee and migrant issue, which entails decisions for the temporary accommodation of 100,000 refugees, even in camping, stadiums and abandoned factories. Meanwhile, the European Commission is...
Greece
Alt. Migration Minister: 70,000 Migrants and Refugees Will Be Stuck in Greece in March
Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas estimated that "about 50,000 to 70,000 refugees and migrants will be trapped in Greece in the next month," while in an interview with Greek TV's Mega channel.
Mouzalas said that the government has submitted an...
Greece
Greek Migration Minister: Greece Will Not Become a Warehouse of Souls
How much Europe is united, is the issue for Greece, stated on Thursday Greek Alternate Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas upon his arrival to the EU Interior Ministers meeting in Brussels.
Mouzalas underlined the 'special' importance of Thursday's meeting saying that...
Greece
Greek PM Furious With Both Dutch and Austrians Over Migrants
Following Greece's strongly worded protest to Austria for imposing drastic migrant crossing restrictions and for calling a meeting of Balkan states on the migrant crisis without including Greece, PM Alexis Tsipras blasted his Dutch counterpart over the phone today...
Greece
Greece Needs to Build Refugee Camps, Says Alternate Migration Minister Mouzalas
Greece’s Alternate Migration Minister, Yiannis Mouzalas, said that there are countries which do not respect EU’s decisions and there is nothing the EU can do about it, the result being that Greece, as a southern country located at the...
Greece
Migration Minister Criticizes Visegrad Four for Demanding Border Closures
Alternate Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas criticized on Tuesday the countries of the Visegrad Group – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – for insisting that borders should close, saying they are affected by xenophobia and are targeting...
Greece
FT: Brussels Is Pressing Greece on Migrant Crisis
Brussels is to put more pressure on Greece to improve conditions for asylum seekers in an effort to make it easier for other EU member states to send migrants back to Greece, says a Financial Times report.
According to the...
Greece
Mitsotakis Slams Greek Govt, Europe Over Refugee Crisis
Main opposition leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday said he is committed to do everything possible to make the problem of irregular migration manageable and avoid any possibility of Greece being expelled from the Schengen zone.
In a statement issued after...
Greece
Two Islanders and Susan Sarandon in Greece's Proposals for Nobel Peace Prize
Greece's proposals for the Nobel Peace Prize include an elderly woman, a 40-year-old fisherman of Lesbos and actress Susan Sarandon who volunteered to save lives of refugees.
According to Greek Deputy Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas, there will be "at least two...