European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, left, and European Commissioner for Promoting our European Way of Life Margaritas Schinas wait for the start of a meeting of EU Interior Ministers in Brussels, Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Greek authorities fired tear gas and stun grenades Wednesday morning to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey, as pressure continued along its frontier after Turkey said its own border with Europe was open to who…
March 5, 2020
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Five years on, ill-prepared EU sees migrants on its borders
Brussels (AP) — Thousands of migrants massed on Greece’s borders with Turkey, and security forces struggling to keep them at bay. Five years on it feels like deja vu, yet the European Union seems just as ill-prepared as it was last time around.