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Migrants exposed to coronavirus

Migrants arriving in Greece say they are being given no protection from coronavirus as UNHCR describes conditions in some camps as inhumane

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COVID-19: No parade on National Day as Greece fights coronavirus

It is 199 years since the beginning of the war against the Ottoman Empire that saw Greece become an independent state.

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'Stay home': Greek graffiti artist sends a plea over coronavirus

He had to paint on the roof of his apartment building because Greece, like several other European countries, is on lockdown.

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Europe must act to stop coronavirus outbreak in Lesbos, say MEPs

NGOs and MEPs are calling on the EU to act to prevent an outbreak of novel coronavirus in overcrowded camps in Greece.

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Precision Farming - or Smart Farming - is aimed at better targeting of resources to the individual animal or crop to avoid waste and improve results and welfare. The sector is set to double by 2025.

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Coronavirus: Greek priest arrested for holding mass during lockdown

The priest was released after being asked to follow the measures introduced by the Greek government and the Church of Greece amid the coronavirus crisis.

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Migrants in overcrowded Greek camps to be offered €2,000 to go home

The EU and Greek government have agreed a financial aid package to encourage migrants in overcrowded camps on Greek islands to voluntarily return to their country of origin.

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Turkish asylum seeker sues over claims she was returned to Greece

Ayse Erdogan says the Greek authorities forced her back over the border to Turkey - in contravention of international law - and she has the evidence to prove it.

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Erdogan likens Greek authorities to Nazis for returning migrants

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said there was "no difference" between the Nazis and the Greek authorities forcibly repelling migrants.

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European churches take measures to contain coronavirus outbreak

As churches across Europe are cancelling masses and banning believers from kissing sculptures, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has said that diseases cannot be transmitted via holy communion,

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Frontex operation in Greece "lacks legal basis"

Frontex has to operate while respecting European and human rights law, and this cannot be the case when migrants cannot apply for asylum.

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Euroviews. This is Europe in 2020, not Orwell’s 1984. The language we use to talk about refugees matters ǀ View

This language of invasion has become increasingly mainstream as it trips off the tongue of populist political leaders around the world. These populists stoke xenophobia and dangerous nationalism to gain and retain power, erecting fences and walls as physical embodiments of their prejudice.

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'We are afraid': Residents in Greek village divided over migrants

Some say the town should welcome the new arrivals. Others want them gone.

Belgium

EU and Turkey agree to review 2016 migration deal

In 2016, Turkey was promised up to 6 billion euros in aid for the more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees it hosts, as well as fast-tracked EU membership. Now, the EU and Turkey will review the deal.

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Teargas and water cannons fired at migrants on Turkey-Greece border

Greek border police fired teargas toward migrants on Saturday as tension continued at a border crossing in the Evros region

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Euroviews. Gunshots, summary trials, deportations: the reality for refugees in the EU-Turkey stand-off ǀ View

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s cynical move to open his western EU borders to allow refugees and migrants to leave - while keeping his southern border to Syria shut to asylum seekers desperate to escape the onslaught there - poses an enormous challenge to Greece and the European Union.

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EU border crisis is 'Erdogan's violence', says Manfred Weber

As Europe faces questions over human rights on the border of Greece, the EU stands firmly behind Athens on its tough stance protecting the frontier.

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Greece should 'respect international law amid border crisis', says EU

He was speaking after accusations of violence at the Greek-Turkish border.

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Migrants seeking Europe wade through Evros River

Migrants waded across the Evros River in northwestern Turkey on Wednesday as they attempted to reach the land border with Greece.

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Greece denies accusations that migrant was killed by gunfire

A migrant was killed by gunfire while trying to illegally cross the border from Turkey to Greece, authorities in Turkey said on Wednesday. Greece issued an immediate denial.