Greece softens migration policy

By AFP
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April 11, 2022

Athens: For more than two years, Greece’s conservative government has prided itself on enforcing a "tough but fair" policy towards thousands of asylum seekers trying to cross the EU’s southeastern border.

But towards Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, the reception has been starkly different -- and long-term migrants have been the first to notice. Shahran, 16, is among around 100 Afghans who were recently told to clear out of their lodgings in a camp in Serres, northern Greece, to make space for Ukrainian refugees.

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