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Tsipras asks for new EU initiative if refugee flows increase
Refugee flows towards Greece have increased and in case that the situation in Idlib, Syria, deteriorates, a new European initiative will be needed to manage the situation, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said - according to government sources - at the working dinner of the leaders of the EU member states in Salzburg, while insisting on a comprehensive, European approach to the issue.
Refugee flows increase by 33% in 1Q 2018
A 33% increase in refugee flows in the first quarter of 2018, as announced by the Minister of Immigration Policy Dimitris Vitsas in response to a timely question by the MP of New Democracy, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis.
Alt FM: No European country could have dealt with Greece's refugee flows
No European country could have dealt with the size of the refugee flows that Greece had to deal with, Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs Nikos Xydakis said in an interview with Agence Europe news agency on Friday.