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'Thousands of migrants remain' at the Greek border waiting to see what the EU and Turkey agree, a UN agency said (Photo: UNHCR.org)

EU-Turkey border getting back to normal, for now

Far fewer people have tried to cross the Greek border in the past 48 hours than in the previous two weeks - but Turkey says migrants are still welcome to have a go.

"The last few days, the situation at the borders was very stable. We had very few attempts from migrants to enter," a Greek foreign ministry spokesman told EUobserver on Monday (16 March).

EU institutions and a UN agency corroborated his statement.

"Numbers of people trying to cross into Greece are back to pre...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

'Thousands of migrants remain' at the Greek border waiting to see what the EU and Turkey agree, a UN agency said (Photo: UNHCR.org)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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