Tag: Greece

On his return from Moscow, Erdoğan signalled there was no change in policy. “Our gates are open. The refugees will go as far as they can,” Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency quoted him as saying. Turkey has also announced it is sending 1,000 special operations police to prevent Greek authorities from returning people who manage… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 14

The EU has told migrants in Turkey that Europe’s doors are closed as Greek and Turkish police fired teargas at their shared border amid growing tensions over the plight of Syria’s refugees. In a blunt message, the EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said: “Don’t go to the border. The border is not open. If… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 13

Since June 2015, an estimated $803 million in humanitarian aid has poured into Greece for hosting 60,000 refugees and migrants, making it the “most expensive humanitarian response in history” when broken down to cost per beneficiary. Greece was a corridor for those en route to wealthier European countries until March 2016, when a deal reached… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 12

In Europe, which has had wrenching debates over whether and how to accommodate refugees and migrants—more than 2.5 million applied for asylum in the EU in 2015 and 2016. In most cases, refugees and migrants who reach Europe are deported or indefinitely detained in camps, some of which operate more like prisons by severely restricting… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 11

Politicians have weighed in loudly. “Greeks shouldn’t have to adapt their way of life to accommodate immigrants,” Konstantinos Kyranakis roared from the backbenches of parliament, in a heated exchange over the Diavata cookout. The lawmaker, among the prime minister’s closest advisers, later doubled down and posted a picture on Facebook featuring himself and friends eating… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 10

Unlike the open-arms migration policy embraced by the previous leftist government in Greece, the newly installed conservative administration of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is marshaling a tougher stance to the Invasion of Muslims from Turkey. It has vowed to deport some 10,000 migrants back to their homelands by the end of the year. The government… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 9

“It is high time authorities wake up and realize what’s really happening here,” many are saying. Leftist parliamentarians and human rights groups have condemned the protests. They say it bodes badly for a country that just decades ago welcomed more than 600,000 Albanians, who are majority Muslim, allowing them to assimilate and start a new… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 8

Some years ago and at the height of Europe’s refugee crisis, violent demonstrations emerged out of the region as authorities moved to set up some of the nation’s first migrant camps. Then, months later, locals in surrounding districts kept their kids home, padlocking the gates of state schools to block migrant children from seeking education… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 6

“People travelled from Turkey to Greece to seek safety, yet they were met with violence so serious that at least two were tragically killed. Allegations of violence must be promptly and impartially investigated. Everyone should be treated humanely, shielded from violence and be granted access to protection in the countries where they are seeking safety”… Continue reading Migrant Invasion of Europe Part 5