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Sunday, February 28, 2016
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, February 28, 2016
70,000 migrants may be ‘trapped’ in Greece next month
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleGreece on Sunday says the number of refugees and migrants on its soil could more than triple next month, reaching as many as 70,000, as a cap on border crossings by Balkan countries left them “trapped” in the country.
“We estimate that in our country the number of those trapped will be from 50,000-70,000 people next month,” Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas says.
“Today, there are 22,000 refugees and migrants,” he adds in an interview with Mega Channel TV.
Some 6,500 people are stuck at the Idomeni camp on Greece’s northern border with Macedonia on Sunday as Macedonian border officials let only 300 refugees and migrants pass the day before.
— AFP
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