You can't blame the Europeans for wanting to screen these refugees. God only knows how many terrorists will be trying to sneak into Europe.
EU to open first refugee reception 'hotspot' in Greece
Greece is setting up its first refugee hotspot to receive migrants coming into Europe from the Middle East and Africa. The center, on Lesbos, is the first of five designed to register and screen all incoming migrants.
Athens said on Saturday it would open its first hotspot reception center on the island of Lesbos within 10 days to screen refugees.
"We are going to keep to our commitments," Yiannis Mouzalas, Greece's junior interior minister for migration, told reporters. The reception center at Lesbos is one of five such planned centers which will serve as first points of arrival for refugees.
Europe needs the hotspots because it "must know who comes knocking at the door," Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, who participated in talks in Athens together with the EU's Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, told journalists. Greece would also receive financial and logistical aid for the task, Asselborn said.
Greece was also planning to work out an action plan with Turkey to deal with the refugee crisis, Avramopoulos said.
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EU to open first refugee reception 'hotspot' in Greece
Greece is setting up its first refugee hotspot to receive migrants coming into Europe from the Middle East and Africa. The center, on Lesbos, is the first of five designed to register and screen all incoming migrants.
Athens said on Saturday it would open its first hotspot reception center on the island of Lesbos within 10 days to screen refugees.
"We are going to keep to our commitments," Yiannis Mouzalas, Greece's junior interior minister for migration, told reporters. The reception center at Lesbos is one of five such planned centers which will serve as first points of arrival for refugees.
Europe needs the hotspots because it "must know who comes knocking at the door," Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, who participated in talks in Athens together with the EU's Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos, told journalists. Greece would also receive financial and logistical aid for the task, Asselborn said.
Greece was also planning to work out an action plan with Turkey to deal with the refugee crisis, Avramopoulos said.
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EU to open first refugee reception 'hotspot' in Greece | News | DW.COM | 10.10.2015?
