| Series Title | The Local.at |
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| Series Details | 26.02.16 |
| Publication Date | 26/02/2016 |
| Content Type | News |
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Migration tensions between EU Member States intensified on the 26 February 2016, with the Greek government refusing a visit from Austria's interior minister to discuss the tensions between the two countries. Johanna Mikl-Leitner had warned that if Greece could not secure the external borders of the EU, then other countries would have to take action. On the same day Greece asked its passenger ferry companies and travel agencies to cut back on bringing migrants and refugees from frontline islands to the mainland and said its own chartered ships would stay put for a few days. Hundreds of refugees on the 29 February 2016 tried to break through a border fence into Macedonia from Greece, as anger mounted over barriers to entry imposed on migrants flooding into Europe. On the 1 March 2016 the European Commission said that it was 'very concerned' that refugees had been tear-gassed on the Macedonian border with Greece. |
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| Source Link | http://www.thelocal.at/20160226/greece-rejects-austrian-ministers-visit-in-ongoing-migration-row |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
| Countries / Regions | Austria, Europe, Greece, North Macedonia, Southeastern Europe |
