Representing Greece's caretaker government at the EU General Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday, Alternate Foreign Affairs Minister Spiros Flogaitis emphasised the "huge dimensions" and urgent nature of the refugee and migrant crisis being played out on the country's maritime borders.

Greece is making efforts to meet its responsibilities toward refugees but now it is high time for Europe to show its solidarity, Greece's caretaker Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Ioannis Mouzalas said here on Monday, in a doorstep statement as he arrived for the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on the refugee crisis.