PIRAEUS, GREECE
AP
Thousands of migrants and camped in the country’s largest port near Athens refugees, have received within two weeks to move to built by the army or be forcibly evicted camps, they said today the Greek authorities.
the order issued today comes after nearly a third of the 52,000 migrants stranded in Greece by closures of European border have refused to move to organized shelters and remain camped at the port of Piraeus and next to the border with Macedonia, in the north of the country.
More than 4 thousand migrants continue in Piraeus, a key center for the tourism industry, vital to the Greek economy.
“all efforts to convince refugees and migrants that the best thing for them is to move will be exhausted,” he said a statement from the Greek coast guard. “There is a period of 10-15 days to leave the port”.
Athens has hardened its position towards migrants from the entry into force on 20 March migration agreement reached between the European Union and Turkey. Some 4,000 migrants and refugees arriving in the Greek Aegean islands from Turkish territory since been arrested, and most will be returned to the neighboring country. The deportations began on Monday and is expected to resume tomorrow.
More than one million refugees and migrants entered the European Union last year. Most crossed Greece and the countries of the Balkans towards central Europe.
In Piraeus, employees of the Ministry of Interior and translators spent hours today trying to persuade migrants to voluntarily move to a new camp in northern Greece, showing aerial photographs of the site and explaining what facilities are available.
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