Greece to create open hospitality centres for 2,500 refugees by end of 2015
Greece will create open hospitality centres for 2,500 refugees by the end of the year, a commitment that should have been undertaken by the previous government, Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Tasia Christoidoulopoulou told ANA-MPA on Tuesday.
On Monday, the European Commission approved about 470 million euros in EU funds to support its efforts in tackling the surge in migration.
Christodoulopoulou said the ministry will use the funds to create those places for refugees and strengthen its asylum agency services, adding however that the total amount made available is not that big.
"It’s not an important amount,” Christodoulopoulou said. “The needs are urgent, pressing and many. The previous government should have submitted the request for this program since October 2014. It didn’t, and we were forced to do it ourselves.”
She noted that the pledge for an open hospitality center was made by the government during the first EU minister’s meeting in May, when the timetable for the completion of the project was set for December 2015.
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