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Greece hands reins to first female president
Mar 13, 2020 12:38Greece on Friday swore in the first female president in its history as the country grapples with over 100 coronavirus cases.
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Turkey’s Erdogan says Greek authorities ‘acting like Nazis’ in treating refugees
Mar 11, 2020 14:01Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Greek authorities are acting like the Nazis as they resort to violence in preventing thousands of refugees from crossing the Turkish border into Greece.
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European Commission urges Turkey to take migrants back from Greek border
Mar 10, 2020 06:17The European Commission has called on Turkey to move refugees and migrants away from the Greek border as part of measures aimed at ‘relieving the pressure’ and paving the way for the resolution of the crisis.
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Erdogan to Greece: Open your borders to migrants
Mar 08, 2020 19:10Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appeals to Greece to open its borders to thousands of migrants attempting to cross the country toward other European destinations.
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Mainland Greece to temporarily house 'migrants from Turkey'
Mar 08, 2020 07:32Greece says it is to set up two makeshift camps on its mainland to house the migrants that Turkey reportedly allowed into Europe to evoke a response from the continent.
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Greece fires tear gas at refugees at border crossing with Turkey
Mar 04, 2020 16:58Greek security forces have fired tear gas and used water cannon at the border with Turkey to prevent hundreds of refugees from crossing into the European country, with Athens accusing Ankara of using tear gas against its police to help refugees breach the frontier.
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Greece expects ‘strong’ EU support in refugee crisis
Mar 03, 2020 14:28Greece says it expects “strong” support from the European Union (EU) leaders to help resolve a deepening refugee crisis at its border with Turkey, as diplomats from the bloc arrived in the border area for a meeting on the matter.
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Greece has no legal right to suspend asylum requests: UNHCR
Mar 03, 2020 07:36Greece has no legal justification for suspending asylum procedures as the country struggles to prevent thousands of migrants from entering its territory, says the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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Greek police clash with refugees at Turkish border
Mar 02, 2020 13:59Greek police have clashed with refugees attempting to break into Greece from Turkey, which has stopped holding the refugees back.
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Greek police fire tear gas on migrants at border with Turkey
Feb 29, 2020 14:12Greek police have fired tear gas at migrants who had gathered on its border with Turkey in an attempt to prevent them from entering the country.