Greece pushing for stricter EU-wide policies in dealing with migrants – Middle East Monitor

Greece is pushing for stricter EU-wide policies in dealing with migration, media reports said Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

“The EU needs to prioritize deportations and create pre-departure holding centers outside the bloc if it wants to curb migrant inflows,” Migration Minister Thanos Plevris told his counterparts during an informal meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers in Copenhagen, according to the Kathimerini newspaper.

“The return of illegal…