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Greece said it had 900 people ready to move under the EU relocation scheme, but just 200 are being moved (Photo: IOM.int)

Greece rejects Schengen threats as 'blame game'

Greek officials have rejected accusations from fellow EU member states that they are incapable of protecting the bloc's external borders, and said threats to suspend Greece from the passport-free travel zone, Schengen, are "punishment".

"There is no reason for that [suspending Greece from Schengen]," migration minister Yannis Mouzalas told reporters in Amsterdam on Monday (25 January) on the sidelines of an informal meeting of EU interior ministers.

"Schengen is part of the blame...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Greece said it had 900 people ready to move under the EU relocation scheme, but just 200 are being moved (Photo: IOM.int)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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