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Migrant crisis: Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid EU rifts
Source: BBC
Greece has recalled its ambassador to Austria amid sharp divisions among EU states over the migrant crisis.
The move came after Austria hosted a meeting with Balkan states on the migrant issue, to which Greece was not invited.
Greece called the move an "unfriendly act". It said its ambassador was recalled for "consultations".
Ministers from EU and Balkan nations are meeting in Brussels to try to heal rifts over the migrant issue.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35658776
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Migrant crisis: Greece recalls ambassador from Austria amid EU rifts (Original Post)
MowCowWhoHow III
Feb 2016
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w0nderer
(1,937 posts)1. K to keep visible n/t
Eugene
(61,899 posts)2. Europe braces for major 'humanitarian crisis' in Greece after row over refugees
Source: The Guardian
Europe braces for major 'humanitarian crisis' in Greece after row over refugees
EU ministers struggle to reach collective agreement on crisis as Austria and
Macedonia press for reintroduction of national border controls
Ian Traynor in Brussels
Thursday 25 February 2016 18.34 GMT
European governments are bracing for a major humanitarian emergency in Greece amid rising panic that the EUs fragmented efforts to cope with its migration crisis are nearing breakdown.
EU interior ministers met in Brussels on Thursday in their latest attempt to forge a common response, but the meeting was clouded by a ferocious row between Greece and Austria, which is spearheading a campaign to quarantine Greece and throttle the flow of migrants up the Balkans by partially sealing the Greek border with Macedonia.
If Greece is cut off from the rest of Europes free-travel Schengen area, Berlin predicts a humanitarian and security emergency within days.
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU commissioner in charge of migration, said contingency planning for a major aid operation was highly advanced and would be finalised within days. The possibility of a humanitarian crisis of a large scale is there and very real, he said.
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EU ministers struggle to reach collective agreement on crisis as Austria and
Macedonia press for reintroduction of national border controls
Ian Traynor in Brussels
Thursday 25 February 2016 18.34 GMT
European governments are bracing for a major humanitarian emergency in Greece amid rising panic that the EUs fragmented efforts to cope with its migration crisis are nearing breakdown.
EU interior ministers met in Brussels on Thursday in their latest attempt to forge a common response, but the meeting was clouded by a ferocious row between Greece and Austria, which is spearheading a campaign to quarantine Greece and throttle the flow of migrants up the Balkans by partially sealing the Greek border with Macedonia.
If Greece is cut off from the rest of Europes free-travel Schengen area, Berlin predicts a humanitarian and security emergency within days.
Dimitris Avramopoulos, the EU commissioner in charge of migration, said contingency planning for a major aid operation was highly advanced and would be finalised within days. The possibility of a humanitarian crisis of a large scale is there and very real, he said.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/25/europe-braces-major-humanitarian-crisis-greece-row-refugees
Nihil
(13,508 posts)3. Aww ... poor ickle Greece having a sulky-wulky because it wasn't invited to a meeting?