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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11551

14 May 2016
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Frontex reports 90% drop in migrant arrivals in Greece

Brussels, 13/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - The number of migrants arriving on the Greek islands in April plummeted by 90% compared with March, the Frontex Agency reported on Friday 13 May.

In April, the number of migrants arriving was 2,700. This drop, Frontex says, may be explained, in part, by the agreement concluded between the European Union and Turkey on 18 March and the stricter border policies applied by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) at its border with Greece. Syrians...

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