Tomorrow will judge the measures taken by Greece on "Border Management

Tomorrow will judge the measures taken by Greece on "Border Management

The evaluation report of the measures which have been taken by Greece in response to recommendations of the Council in order to address the issue of management of external borders, is expected to adopt tomorrow the College of Commissioners, according to the deputy representative of the European Commission Mina Andreeva. As reported by M. Andreeva this assessment is part of the European Commission planning in order to lift the checks at the internal borders by the end of the year. Furthermore tomorrow will publish the second monthly report by the Commission for the relocation and resettlement.

Asked to comment on the incidents on the border between Greece and FYROM, the same spokesman said that the European Commission continues to send the same message to immigrants who are there: to be transferred to reception centers, where they fulfill the criteria, they can participate in Figure relocation and not to attempt "dangerous" and "irregular" routes. He added that the Commission calls on all concerned "authorities" and "Non-Governmental Organisations" to provide the "right information" to immigrants who are there to prevent "similar incidents".

As regards the implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement on the parallel return of migrants in Turkey and resettlement of Syrian refugees in the EU, the same spokesman said that a total of 325 immigrants who had not applied for asylum in Greece, returned to Turkey and 74 Syrians have been reinstalled in EU member states. She declined to say whether there are any scheduled repayments this week.

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