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Top EU official calls refugee crisis ‘unprecedented’

3 September 2015, 5:58 pm
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Europe is facing an “unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis” as it struggles with the huge influx of refugees and migrants, the European Commission’s vice-president Frans Timmermans says.

First Vice-President of European Commission Frans Timmermans delivers a speech after receiving an honorary degree during the 39th Foundation Day of the University of Maastricht in Maastricht on January 16, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ANP/MARCEL VAN HOORN)
First Vice-President of European Commission Frans Timmermans delivers a speech after receiving an honorary degree during the 39th Foundation Day of the University of Maastricht in Maastricht on January 16, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ANP/MARCEL VAN HOORN)

“We must find European responses to a problem that cannot be resolved by countries individually,” Timmermans said ahead of talks with Greek Prime Minister Vassiliki Thanou on a crisis that has seen more than 230,000 people land on Greek shores this year.

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