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Greece “closes its borders” to the Austrian Interior Minister Mikl-Leitner’s after her request to visit Athens


According to Kathimerini.gr, Athens has turned down a request by Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner to visit Greece next week amid growing tensions between the two EU states over Vienna’s strong-arm approach to the handling of Europe’s migrant crisis. Continue reading Greece “closes its borders” to the Austrian Interior Minister Mikl-Leitner’s after her request to visit Athens

Quite simple again for EU leaders, Greeks are to blame for the ongoing refugee crisis


If only it were all so simple :On Jan. 27, the European Commission issued a report saying that Greece “is seriously neglecting its obligations” and that there are “serious deficiencies in the carrying out of external border controls.” Brussels gave Athens three months to improve its border controls, or risk being ousted from the passport-free area. But kicking Greece out of the Schengen zone will not have much impact on the influx of migrants to Europe since Greece does not share land borders with any other Schengen members as reported by Stratfor. Continue reading Quite simple again for EU leaders, Greeks are to blame for the ongoing refugee crisis