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Greece transferring 450 migrants to facility near Athens

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

Indiana physician visits Greece to help refugee amid crisis

By SYDNEY REEVES - Associated Press

Katerina Sakellaropoulou, head of the Council of State poses at her office in Athens on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Greece's lawmakers elected their country's first female president Wednesday, with an overwhelming majority voting to give high court judge Katerina Sakellaropoulou the largely ceremonial post. (Orestis Panagiotou/Pool via AP)

Greece’s first female president is sworn in

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

From left, Greek Minister delegate Georgios Koumoutsakos, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson speak during a meeting of EU interior ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, March 13, 2020. European Union interior ministers on Friday were trying to coordinate their response to the novel coronavirus as the number of cases spreads throughout the 27-nation bloc and countries take individual measures to slow the disease down. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Thierry Monasse)

EU states to take in 1,600 migrant children in Greece

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A migrant looks at shoes in a small street market near the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule, Edirne region, Turkey, Friday, March 13, 2020. Greek border units trying to stop crowds of migrants on Thursday from pushing their way in from Turkey have hit on a new defense against tear gas unleashed on them from the Turkish side of the frontier — monster fans. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Europe’s Frontex sends more guards to protect Greek border

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In this photo taken Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Greek security force use teargas against stone-throwing migrants at the Turkish-Greek border in Pazarkule, Edirne region, Turkey. Thousands of migrants massed on Turkey's border with Greece, after the Turkish government said last month that it would no longer try to contain migrants on its territory. (AP Photo)

Tear gas hits the fan during clashes on Greek-Turkish border

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

Turkey’s Erdogan compares Greek actions at border to Nazis

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, puts his hand over his heart in a gesture of hello as he is greeted by European Council President Charles Michel prior to a meeting at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 9, 2020. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Brussels on Monday for talks with European Union officials amid a standoff between Ankara and Brussels over sharing of responsibility for refugees and migrants. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Turkey says EU must stop stringing it along on migrant deal

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting marking the International Women's Day, in Istanbul, Sunday, March 8, 2020. Erdogan called on Greece to open its borders and allow the migrants to move on to other European countries. His deputy Fuat Oktay is at the right, and his wife Emine Erdogan at the left.(Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool)

EU, Turkey to review migrant deal as border tensions simmer

By LORNE COOK and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Children play as migrants gather in a field in Edirne, near the Turkish-Greek border on Sunday, March 8, 2020. Thousands of migrants headed for Turkey's land border with Greece after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government said last week that it would no longer prevent migrants and refugees from crossing over to European Union territory. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Amid tensions, fire damages Greek island refugee center

By DEMETRIS NELLAS - Associated Press

A migrant woman sits as a baby sleeps at an abandoned building in Edirne, near the Turkish-Greek border on Friday, March 6, 2020. Clashes between Greek riot police and migrants attempting to cross the border from Turkey erupted anew Friday as European Union foreign ministers held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation on the Turkey-Greece border and in Syria, where Turkish troops are fighting. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Tear gas sprayed across migrants at Turkey-Greece border

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5 2020 file photo, migrants walk to the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey on Thursday, March 5, 2020. No entry, says Hungary. Move along, says Greece. Watch out, says Croatia: They might have the coronavirus. This week, thousands of asylum-seekers sit at the intersection of a pair of fast-moving news stories — a spike in migration in Europe and uncertainty about the global spread of the new and sometimes deadly virus. (AP Photo/Alexandros Michailidis, File)

Asylum-seekers, coronavirus collide with complicated results

By PABLO GORONDI - Associated Press

Migrants sit around a fire in Edirne near the Turkish-Greek border on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Turkey said Thursday it would deploy special forces along its land border with Greece to prevent Greek authorities from pushing back migrants trying to cross into Europe, after Turkey declared its previously guarded gateways to Europe open. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Migrants, police clash again on Greek-Turkish border

By Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

Migrants walk across a bridge in Edirne near the Turkish-Greek border on Thursday, March 5, 2020. Greece countered accusations from Turkey Wednesday that it was responsible for the death of a migrant, as its border authorities strove for a sixth day to keep thousands of migrants out by using tear gas, stun grenades and water cannons. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey deploying special forces to border amid migrant surge

By Suzan Fraser - Associated Press

Greek riot police guard as migrants stand on a fence as they try to enter Greece from Turkey at the Greek-Turkish border in Kastanies on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send "millions" more. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey opens borders, reignites refugee crisis in Europe

By Jabeen Bhatti and Nikolia Apostolou - Special to The Washington Times

Migrants walk in Edirne, Turkey, near Turkish-Greek border on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Facing a potential wave of nearly a million people fleeing fighting in northern Syria, Turkey has thrown open its borders with Greece to thousands of refugees and other migrants trying to enter Europe, and has threatened to send &quot;millions&quot; more. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Clashes erupt on Greece-Turkey border as migrants seek entry

By Costas Kantouris - Associated Press

Migrants arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey on Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands of migrants and refugees massed at Turkey's western frontier, trying to enter Greece by land and sea after Turkey said its borders were open to those hoping to head to Europe. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

AP EXPLAINS: The new migration crisis at Europe’s borders

By ANDREW WILKS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS - Associated Press

Greek Army detain migrants in the village of Mandra, Evros region, at the Greek-Turkish border on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. A child died when a boat full of migrants heading to a Greek island capsized Monday, part of a wave of thousands trying to push through Greece's land and sea borders. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Thousands of migrants look for way around shut Greek border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Migrants stand behind a fence near the Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Monday, March 2, 2020. Thousands migrants massed at the Turkish-Greek border, and hundreds more crossed from the Turkish coast to nearby Greek islands in dinghies over the weekend, after Turkey declared its borders open amid a Russia-backed Syrian government offensive into Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Child dies as migrants rush to cross Greek-Turkish border

By Costas Kantouris and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greek soldiers guard at Kastanies border gate at the Greek-Turkish border, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country's borders with Europe were open Saturday, making good on a longstanding threat to let refugees into the continent as thousands of migrants gathered at the frontier with Greece. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Turkey, Syria fighting escalates; refugees mass at EU border

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and ANDREW WILKS - Associated Press