The sweeping reforms, known as the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, are designed to ease the burden on countries like Greece that have traditionally bore the brunt of asylum seekers flooding the EU’s 27 member states.
Nearly 60% of deaths documented were linked to drowning, and more than one third of those identified were from countries in conflict, including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Syria and Ethiopia.
Mitsotakis noted that the strategic partnership was being signed in a time of great upheaval in the Middle East
Την ίδια στιγμή, το Κατάρ υποστηρίζει ότι η Χαμάς είναι εκ πρώτης όψεως θετική στη νέα πρόταση για συμφωνία κατάπαυσης του πυρός, αλλά για να επιτευχθεί αυτή θα πάρει «εβδομάδες».
Greece has made noteworthy steps toward a contemporary management of the migration issue, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said in Athens on Monday, during a migration event at the related Greek ministry.
The prime minister, who earlier met with the European Commissioner, pointed out that a European solution to the migration problem is needed.
