The Commission acknowledged, on Wednesday 18 March, that the spread of COVID-19 was a factor of uncertainty for the implementation of the plan to relocate unaccompanied minors present in the Greek islands to other Member States.
Decided on a voluntary basis by several Member States on 4 and 13 March, on the occasion of two meetings of Interior ministers, this relocation of at least 1,600 minors was due to start this week. While the Commission spokesman for Home Affairs, Adalbert Jahnz, said...