Six people among what was the country’s biggest single influx of
The other arrivals were taken to a reception center on the island. Their stay at the center, where they will be processed and quarantined, will be temporary, the ministry said.
Greece has been the main route into the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
for asylum-seekers arriving from
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... The number of arrivals has fallen sharply since 2016 after the EU and Ankara agreed a deal to stop
Since the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
takeover of Afghanistan in August, however, many EU states fear a replay of the refugee crisis of 2015, when nearly 1 million people, mainly Syrian refugees, arrived in the EU after crossing to Greek islands close to Turkey.
On Friday, Greece’s Shipping Ministry had asked Turkey to accept the ailing vessel’s return.
On Tuesday, four