No one was injured in the second recent fire on a Greek island camp, according to reports.
A dam in Bulgaria has been opened at the request of the Greek government to try to prevent people crossing the Evros river from the Turkish side.
On 4 January 2020 the Management Board of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) adopted a decision on the profiles of the staff required for the new “standing corps”, which is ultimately supposed to be staffed by 10,000 officials. The decision ushers in a new wave of recruitment for the agency. Applicants will be put through six months of training before deployment, after rigorous medical testing.
The European Commission president has said the Greek authorities must ensure the right to seek asylum.
"Greeks and Turks are waging a proxy war on social media with photos, video and commentary purporting to show the other side behaving badly in a migrant crisis that has seriously strained already tense relations between Athens and Ankara."
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