Press release - Immigration / Justice and home affairs − 13-05-2016 - 14:43
MEPs to go to Greece to check on refugees and implementation of EU-Turkey deal
MEPs to go to Greece to check on refugees and implementation of EU-Turkey deal
A Civil Liberties Committee delegation will travel to Greece from 18 to 20 May to check the situation of refugees at the external borders of the EU and assess how the EU-Turkey deal to manage migrant and asylum-seekers flows into the EU is being implemented. MEPs will visit the Greece/FYROM border, the island of Lesvos and Athens. They will also meet representatives of the Greek Government, and EU and international bodies, as well as NGOs.