Frontex deploys 100 additional border guards as part of Evros 2020
(B2) Operation Evros 2020 is triggered. Nearly 100 additional border guards are deployed at the Greek-Turkish border One step
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Emergency at the Greek border. Frontex deploys a rapid intervention mission (v2)
(B2) The European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex) will launch a "rapid intervention" (1) to help
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 8] Sharifi G. wanted to join his sister in Germany, he was imprisoned in Greece
(B2) Sharifi G. has just spent six months in the Athens refugee camp. He prepared the 85 euros
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 7] For MSF, the only crisis is that of a lack of political will
(B2, in Athens) Apostolos Veizis leads the operational medical support unit of Doctors Without Borders in Greece. He assures that he
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 6] UNHCR, guardian of the right to asylum, in a balanced position
(B2, in Greece) We are more used to seeing the logos of the High Commission for Refugees on
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 5] EASO will double its workforce in Greece
(B2, in Athens) The European Asylum Support Office, better known by the acronym EASO, will double in size in
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 4] The reception and treatment of refugees under the pressure of the EU Turkey agreement
(B2, in Greece) Some asylum seekers in Greece are now making an appointment for 2025 with an officer of the national asylum service!
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 3] In Greece, the number of pending asylum applications explodes
(B2) With 84.390 asylum applications pending, the entire system for receiving and processing Greek asylum seekers
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 2] Turkey pulls the strings at the EU's external borders (G. Koumoutsakos)
(B2 in Athens) Georgios Koumoutsakos is Deputy Minister for Migration and Asylum in the government of Kyriákos Mitsotákis formed
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[Evros, gateway to Europe 1] The Evros river, the other gateway for refugees
(B2 at the Greek-Turkish border) In the streets of Alexandroupolis, Sunday morning, silence prevails. It's the last big city before
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