EU gives Greece €5.9m for transport of refugees from islands

The European Commission announced €5.9 million in emergency funding for Greece yesterday, a day after a mini-summit in Brussels agreed on a 17-point plan to deal with the refugee crisis unfolding in the Balkans.

   The new financing for Greece will be taken from the EU’s Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF). As well as helping Greece implement EU “hotspots” in the area, the money will also cover transporting at least 60,000 refugees from the islands to mainland Greece over the next four months.

   However, the EU warned that the assistance will be limited to those who have been properly screened and fingerprinted. Greece has received most of the refugees and migrants entering the EU, according to Frontex.

Πηγή: irishtimes.com