MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The European Commission is observing a sharp decrease in the number of migrants arriving from Turkey to Greece following the conclusion of the Brussels-Ankara agreement on migration, the Commission's spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said Tuesday.
MT @AthensLiveGr: #AngelinaJolie in #Greece. Not for a film but for #refugeecrisis https://t.co/nfMhMguDXe #UNHCR pic.twitter.com/IyW6ykYkD5
— Adriane Zane (@AdrianeZane) 19 March 2016
"There has in fact been a sharp decrease in the number of arrivals [from Turkey to Greece], which are encouraging. Less than a thousand people arrived last week, compared to average daily arrivals of 2,000 a day in previous weeks," Bertaud said at a press briefing.
#EUTurkey: 54,000 places allocated for resettlement of Syrians from #Turkey https://t.co/Tm9pB0j4zq #RefugeeCrisis pic.twitter.com/bONbgg0DwR
— European Commission (@EU_Commission) 21 March 2016
Earlier in March, the European Union and Turkey reached an agreement on migration that sees Ankara taking back all undocumented migrants who enter Greece from Turkey and sending in return approved Syrian refugees on a one-for-one basis.
Europe’s #refugee plan is so inhumane @MSF is refusing to work with it https://t.co/ogtTPRZ35E #RefugeeCrisis pic.twitter.com/QTrJlxAyXv
— Phelim Kine 林海 (@PhelimKine) 29 March 2016
According to the UN Refugee Agency, Greece has been receiving less than 1,000 daily migrant arrivals by sea since the beginning of March, almost half February's daily average of 1,968.
