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  • "We've Reached Our Limits" - Greece Begins Blocking Refugees

    03/27/2017 9:41:32 AM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 21 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 03/27/17 | Tyler Durden
    Greece will cease taking back refugees under the controversial Dublin Regulation, as the country’s limited capacities to host people are already on the brink of collapse, the Greek migration minister announced in an interview. “Greece is already shouldering a heavy burden,” Ioannis Mouzalas, the migration minister, said. “We accommodate 60,000 refugees... and it would be a mistake to make Greece’s burden heavier by the revival of the Dublin agreement,” he said, also adding that Germany, the primary destination for most refugees, “wants countries where refugees arrive first to bear a large portion of the burden.” Asked if Athens is ruling...
  • Blackmail? Germany Considers Bailout "Concessions" If Greece Keeps More Refugees

    10/16/2015 9:06:48 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 5 replies
    Zero Hedge ^ | 10/16/2015 | Tyler Durden
    The European Commission will release €2 billion to Greece in the coming days to help the country manage the current migration crisis, a top Commission source told MNI Friday, but as German daily Wirtschaftswoche reports, the German Government is considering 'helping' Greece more financially – but only if Athens is more involved in the refugee crisis. The European Commission will release €2 billion to Greece in the coming days to help the country manage the current migration crisis and the upgrade its public administration system, a top Commission source told MNI Friday. The €2 billion will be the first disbursement...