Border closures by European states will cause "further chaos and confusion", the new head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has warned, as thousands of people remain stuck inside Greece after being blocked from continuing their journey.
Some 8,000 refugees have been trapped on Greece's northern border and in the capital, Athens, after FYROM [***] on Sunday barred passage to Afghans and introduced tougher document checks for Syrians and Iraqis.
This followed a decision by countries further up the refugee route to turn back groups of Afghans.
"I am very worried about the news that we are getting about increasing closures of European borders along the Balkans route because that will create further chaos and confusion," Filippo Grandi, the UNCHR chief, said during a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday.
"It will increase the burden on Greece, which is already shouldering a very big responsibility in managing these people, and this is happening when we are not yet having alternatives."
On Tuesday, hundreds of Afghan refugees stranded at the Greece-FYROM [***] border staged a sit-in at the
Idomeni border crossing demanding passage...etc
Source: Al Jazeera And AFP
23/2/14
***[After the necessary corrections with the name "FYROM"]
***[GREECE recognized this country with the name "FYROM"]
***[UN resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993]
***El Kratos uses the recognized name FYROM.
By using El Kratos, you agree to the U.N. Charter in this issue.
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Some 8,000 refugees have been trapped on Greece's northern border and in the capital, Athens, after FYROM [***] on Sunday barred passage to Afghans and introduced tougher document checks for Syrians and Iraqis.
This followed a decision by countries further up the refugee route to turn back groups of Afghans.
"I am very worried about the news that we are getting about increasing closures of European borders along the Balkans route because that will create further chaos and confusion," Filippo Grandi, the UNCHR chief, said during a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday.
"It will increase the burden on Greece, which is already shouldering a very big responsibility in managing these people, and this is happening when we are not yet having alternatives."
On Tuesday, hundreds of Afghan refugees stranded at the Greece-FYROM [***] border staged a sit-in at the
Idomeni border crossing demanding passage...etc
Source: Al Jazeera And AFP
23/2/14
***[After the necessary corrections with the name "FYROM"]
***[GREECE recognized this country with the name "FYROM"]
***[UN resolution A/RES/47/225 of 8 April 1993]
***El Kratos uses the recognized name FYROM.
By using El Kratos, you agree to the U.N. Charter in this issue.
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GREECE recognized this country with the name "FYROM"
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