(VOVWORLD) -Greece has announced financial assistance to refugees will be cut from the middle of March as Athens is overloaded with the issue.
 Syrian refugees in Istanbul, Turkey (Photo: AFP/VNA) |
Greece’s minister responsible for immigrants, Notis Mitarakis, said “Any financial aid to refugees will be cut. Refugees must find a job for them to earn their own lives from now on.”
According to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), 116,000 refugees and migrants are in Greece.