Get ready, here we come! THREE MILLION MIGRANTS AWAITING to cross into Greece from Turkey, says EU Commissioner AVRAMOPOULOS

During the visit to Athens on Thursday, European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos said that about 3 million immigrants waiting to cross into Greece from Turkey in an effort to reach the West and Northern Europe. The news comes at a time when the repeated threats of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, together with many of his advisers and assistants who imply that the agreement Brussels-Ankara could reach the end.

Mr. Avramopoulos said that the agreement signed last year between Turkey and the EU to reduce the influx of migrants to Europe and reduce the number of deaths at sea, highlighting the need for an increasing number of military patrols that restrained people smuggling in the Aegean Sea, writes Greekreporter .Thousands of migrants are already in detention centers on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea, which is the first point of arrival for most migrants arriving in Greece from Turkey.

• 24 Mar, 2017
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