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22nd Mar 2023

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Greece promises new asylum reception centres by 2021

Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi said on Wednesday authorities are working towards finishing the construction of new, better-equipped, reception centres for asylum seekers on the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Chios, Leros and Kos by the autumn of 2021, Reuters reported. "In 12 months from today we should not have any of the legacy reception system we are seeing today," Mitarachi told a news conference.

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How much can we trust Russian opinion polls on the war?

The lack of Russian opposition to the Russo-Ukrainian War is puzzling. The war is going nowhere, Russian casualties are staggering, the economy is in trouble, and living standards are declining, and yet polls indicate that most Russians support the war.

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