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Greece to open migrant processing centres

Source: BT Com, 10/10/2015

Greece's first migrant processing centre is to open over the next 10
days, allowing migrants and refugees to be flown to other EU countries
- mostly of their preference - and have their asylum applications
processed there.

Greece's first migrant processing centre is to open over the next 10
days, allowing migrants and refugees to be flown to other EU countries
- mostly of their preference - and have their asylum applications
processed there.
Dimitris Avramopoulos, European Migration and Home Affairs
Commissioner, said the first centre will open on the island of Lesbos,
with up to four more on other Greek islands.
Tens of thousands of people fleeing war or poverty have landed in
Greece, the main gateway of migrants crossing into the EU from
neighbouring Turkey. Most want to travel on to other European
countries like Germany.
Luxembourg minister for foreign affairs Jean Asselborn, who travelled
to Italy and Greece with Mr Avramopoulos, said it was extremely
important to strengthen Europe's external borders.

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