Dimitris Avramopoulos

As pressure continues to build on the Aegean islands with ever more undocumented migrants arriving from neighboring Turkey, European Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday slammed a proposal by European Council President Donald Tusk for the abolition of mandatory quotas on relocating asylum seekers across the EU. 

European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Nov. 27 praised Turkish hospitality towards millions of refugees hosted in the country.

European Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos has stressed his firm belief in Turkey’s “European path,” while calling on the country to “move closer to the EU and its democratic values.”

The European Union says it could ramp up legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland if they continue to refuse to accept refugees from Greece and Italy.

EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said Wednesday "I hope that Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic will take this opportunity to revise their position and start relocating" refugees.

Bulgaria's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov; Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, Minister of Justice Tsetska Tsacheva and Interior Minister Valentin Radev met with Věra Jourová, EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality; Dimitris Avramopoulos, Commisoner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship and Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society on 26th of October, r

''The clear definition and consolidation of the principle of solidarity within the European Union and the improvement of the common European asylum policy will be key issues during the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

The announced new system of entry into the Schengen area "does not mean a return of visas."

This is according to the EU commissioner for migration and internal affairs, who delivered "a message to citizens" in the Western Balkans.

In a meeting with European commissioners aligned with the European People's Party in Brussels on Wednesday, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis presented his alternative program of reforms for Greece's post-bailout era. 

Kyriakos Mitsotakis is to meet with Jean Claude Juncker in Brussels

Ending free movement in the Schengen zone would be fatal to Europe, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs Dimitris Avramopoulos warned on Friday.

"We share the concerns of some member states for security, but Schengen is alive and should remain alive, because if Schengen dies, Europe will die," Avramopoulos told reporters at a meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg.