Migrant crisis in Greece - millions more migrants expected

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras of Greece has remarked that Greece is turning 'into a warehouse of souls' as more countries close their borders to migrants. He spoke out ahead of EU talks aimed at reducing the flow of refugees through the Balkans and as Germany was warned to expect 2.5million more migrants in the next four years.
This is reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 25 February 2016.

Greece, at present, is the arrival point for nearly four fifths of the huge flow of people fleeing war and poverty who are arriving in Europe. Most of them take the route via Turkey and this influx is turning out to be the worst crisis of its kind to face Europe for more than half a century.
Already one hundred thousand migrants have arrived this year and more than a million last year - these figures are as per the International Organization for Migration (IOM). And, with another 3.6 million refugees on the way, the record €19.4 billion budget surplus that the government took in last year in taxes will soon be eroded.
Therefore, ahead of the meeting, Tsipras has threatened not to cooperate with future EU agreements on the migrant crisis if the burden was not fairly shared among member states. Athens is seething over a series of border restrictions along the migrant trail to northern and western Europe. This has resulted in a bottleneck in Greece, the main entry point to Europe.
Hence, Tsipras has made it clear to the Greek parliament that Greece will no longer agree to any deal if the burdens and responsibilities are not shared proportionally. He has added that Greece cannot be turned into a warehouse of souls.


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