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Group of 50 Refugees Leave for the UK; 130 Stranded Greeks Return Home

Refugees wave as they board plane for the UK

A group of 50 refugees – 16 unaccompanied children and 34 adults being reunited with their families – departed for the United Kingdom on Monday in an aircraft that also carried 130 Greek nationals, returning to Greece from the UK.
The Greek nationals returned home, after being stranded in the UK due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
In attendance at the departure from Greece was Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos, the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to Greece Kate Smith and the Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Children, Irini Agapidaki.
“This dual purpose flight, that will positively change the lives of almost 200 people, is the result of persistent, low-profile work and cooperation by the Ministries of Migration, Foreign Affairs and Civil Protection, as well as of the collaboration of Greece and the UK,” noted Koumoutsakos.
“It is a proof and confirmation that the modern challenges that today exceed the borders and capacity of each individual country can only be addressed through international collaboration and by joining forces,” he added.
UK envoy Smith added “We achieved the first real result of the action plan that we signed two weeks ago. Our intention is, despite our withdrawal from the EU, to continue the reunification of children with their families in Britain, and we are doing whatever possible to continue to bring this result in the future,” she said.
The arrangements for the flights were agreed upon during talks which resulted in the drafting of a Greece-UK strategic action plan to address the international challenge of migration.

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