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- Turkey evacuates hundreds of migrants from Greek border amid virus pandemic
Ankara has sent some 6,000 migrants waiting at the Turkish-Greek border to cross into the European Union to cities inside the country, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the Interior Ministry. The move was part of measures to prevent the spread of...Mar 27, 2020 18:23Newsline - Leaders of Turkey, Germany, France, UK discuss Syria & migration crisis in videoconferenceTurkish, German, British, and French leaders discussed the Syria crisis and the migrant issue, as well as joint action against coronavirus in a videoconference, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. It issued a statement saying that Turkish...Mar 17, 2020 15:56Newsline
- Frontex agency sends more guards to Greece to help protect EU’s borderThe European border protection agency, Frontex, says it has deployed another 100 guards to Greece to help protect the EU’s frontier there from the pressure of migrants. Warsaw-based Frontex said on Friday the deployment of guards from 22...Mar 13, 2020 17:23Newsline
- Ankara switches migration summit to teleconference, Erdogan to hold talks with French & German leadersTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold talks about solving a brewing migration crisis, with French and German leaders next week, by teleconference rather than at a summit as originally planned, according to a Turkish official....Mar 13, 2020 15:24Newsline
- Greece denies report of secret ‘detention center’ for migrants near Turkish borderThe Greek government has dismissed a report in the New York Times newspaper that it was holding illegal migrants who cross the border from Turkey at a secret ‘black site’ where they are denied access to lawyers and cannot file asylum...Mar 11, 2020 15:03Newsline
- Ankara to host migration summit, defies EU pressure to shut borderPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he would not stop migrants trying to cross Turkey’s border into Greece despite EU pressure to do so. He also announced a summit next week in Istanbul with European leaders to seek a solution to...Mar 10, 2020 15:52Newsline
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