EU border guards will be sent to the Greek frontier for the first time

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They should have done this ages ago but better late than never.


  • EU ministers met yesterday in a bid to get a grip on the migrant crisis
  • Belgium called for 'closed facilities' to be set up in Greece
  • Commission boss Juncker backed a new 'second line of defence' for EU
  • Czech president has called for troops from every country to patrol borders
  • See full coverage of the migrant crisis at www.dailymail.co.uk/migrantcrisis
Belgium has called on Greece to set up vast holding camps for 300,000 refugees to be overseen by EU nations in a desperate attempt to stem the flow of migrants from Syria and other nations outside Europe. At an emergency summit of European leaders yesterday, Belgian migration minister Theo Francken raised the spectre of setting up 'closed facilities' in Greece to be operated by the EU. He said that the Greeks 'now need to bear the consequences' of being too weak to guard their own borders and called for Athens to face an EU 'sanction mechanism' under which the rising number of refugees entering the country would be forced to stay there.

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EU ministers met Amsterdam to try to tackle the crisis. Teams of border guards are now set to be deployed at the Greek border.
Pictured: Migrants arriving on the coast of Lesbos, Greece, where life-jackets of those who have come before them litter the beach
 
Jean said:
Schengen treaty should've included provisions for centralized enforcement of the border.
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I agree but the EU is run by a bunch of arrogant and remote Commissioners that are slow to react to anything. Thank God we never signed up to it, and I say that even though my poor daughter in law had to apply for a Shengen visa to visit Paris.
 
does anyone remember the idea of the Arab guy who wanted to buy a Greek island for the refugees?

Egyptian billionaire nears deal for Greek paradise to house refugees

Telecom tycoon Naguib Sawiris floated the idea of buying a Greek or Italian island to house up to 200,000 Syrian refugees in September, but a spokesman told Forbes on Wednesday that the Coptic Christian is showing "optimism" that he could land one of 17 Greek isles currently under consideration.

"Due to the delicacy of the issue, he has not disclosed specific reasons for his optimism," the spokesman said.

Sawiris reportedly is studying each of the islands to determine which can lodge the most refugees and which has the “highest potential for future use.”

He’s still awaiting Greek government approval to buy an island.


 
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