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UNICEF: Children face greater risks a year after refugee route to Europe closed
20.03.2017 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Children seeking asylum in Europe are facing greater risks of deportation, detention, exploitation and deprivation a year after a main refugee route was closed and a deal over migration between the European Union (EU) and Turkey was passed, UN Radio says referring to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) report.
It is to be admitted, the so-called «Balkan border» includes countries like Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia and Serbia that lie between Greece and northern Europe.
It is to be reminded, the official EU-Turkey Statement (reached within last year Mar) states that all irregular new migrants crossing from Turkey into the Greek islands will be forcibly returned to Turkey.
As to the report, this year nearly 3,000 refugees and migrants about a third of them children arrived in Greece despite the full implementation of the EU-Turkey deal and strict border control. Many continue to slip through into countries like Bulgaria and Hungary.
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