Refugee camp

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While the Greek islands receive thousands of refugees and immigrants from Turkey every day, FYROM imposes stricter border controls leading to thousands of refugee ad migrants being stuck at Idomeni, northern Greece.

Turkey has prepared two-story container homes for refugees at a camp in southeastern province of Kilis in anticipation of a fresh influx of people fleeing from a nearby Syrian town, a provincial deputy governor has said.

The Kilis Öncüp?nar refugee camp, established in 2012, already hosts more than 13,000 people.

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned against the closing of European national borders and called on European leaders to agree instead on a credible collective response to the current migration crisis.

Voicing unease with calls on Turkey to open its border to take in tens of thousands more Syrian refugees fleeing regime advances around Aleppo, Deputy Prime Minister Yalç?n Akdo?an has said Turkey has sent the EU a package of project plans for the 3 billion-euro refugee fund.

The refugee camps in Sindos and Schisto that the army will provide for the creation of relocation centres with total capacity of 8,000 persons will be open but guarded.

The refugee camps in Sindos and Schisto that the army will provide for the creation of relocation centres with total capacity of 8,000 persons will be open but guarded, Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas on Monday stated.

Germany proposes creating up to 500,000 short-term jobs to help Syrian refugees survive in overburdened Middle Eastern host countries, the minister for economic cooperation said during a visit to Jordan on Jan. 26.

Germany will raise the idea at next week's annual Syria aid conference in London, Gerd Mueller told The Associated Press.

Migrants have increasingly deserted the centre for the accommodation of refugees located in the Bulgarian town of Harmanli.

At present, there are less than 200 foreigners, with the buildings lying empty and the staff being too numerous.

The largest refugee camp in Bulgaria was half full for the last time in September, private bTV station informs.

Alternate Migration Policy Minister Ioannis Mouzalas rejected criticism the government has not done enough to pressure Turkey to implement the Readmission Agreement. He said that consecutive governments have had difficulty convincing the neighboring country to take action.