U.N. urges EU to step in and help Greece with migrant crisis

[WorldNews]

By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations refugee agency said on Friday that Greece urgently needed help to cope with 1,000 migrants arriving each day and called on the European Union (EU) to step in before the humanitarian situation deteriorates further. "The volatile economic situation, combined with the increasing numbers of new arrivals, is putting severe strain on small island communities," William Spindler of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told a briefing. "We would expect the EU to activate its emergency response because Greece is part of the European Union.

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