read more: Austria wants Balkans to remain closed to Syrian refugees ---------------------------------------- CLICK HERE: http://northdenvernews.com/austria-argues-keep-balkans-closed-syrian-refugees-refugeecrisis/ ---------------------------------------- Austria has endorsed four Balkan countries' decision to close their borders this week to almost all migrants, and called for the migrants' path to remain closed indefinitely. Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner says her government supports the action to restrict immigrants trying to cross the Balkans to northern Europe. This week's action by Slovenia, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia applies to all migrants except those planning to seek asylum in those four countries. Mikl-Leitner told the German daily Die Welt Thursday that the so-called "Balkan route" for migrants should stay closed permanently, because - in her words - "The clock will not be turned back." More migrants die The U.N. human rights chief, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, says such a plan would be illegal. "I urge the EU to adopt a much more rights-compliant and humane set of measures on migration" at a summit scheduled to begin March 17, Al Hussein told the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva Thursday. "International guarantees protecting human rights may not be side-stepped or diluted," he added. "Any returns of people must be in conformity with international human-rights standards. Arbitrary and prolonged detention must be avoided." Deal with Turkey After months of disagreements among the 28 EU nations, EU leaders said this week they will give Turkey more than $3 billion to help with the costs of hosting nearly 3 million Syrian refugees. In exchange for Turkey's help in stemming migration flows to Europe, the deal would include ease European visa requirements for Turks and a promise to speed up talks about Ankara's application to join the EU. A tentative agreement also calls for the EU to resettle one Syrian refugee from Turkey in return for every Syrian refugee Turkey takes back from Greece. Tens of thousands of migrants from Syria and other countries are now stranded in Greece, blocked from their goal of reaching northern Europe since Macedonia closed its border Wednesday. The situation near the Greek-Macedonian border was described as dire this week. Authorities say nearly 36,000 {migrants and refugees|refugees and migrants} are stranded in a muddy, unhygienic camp near the Idomeni border crossing into Macedonia. Others are stuck in Macedonia near the Serbian border, in a "no-man's-land" between the two countries' frontiers. More Information about austria balkan refugee crisis: With E.U. Paralyzed, 10 Nations Try to Stem Migrant Flow ... www.nytimes.com/.../refugees-migrants-austria-greec...The New York Times Feb 24, 2016 - BERLIN — Austria and nine Balkan states on Wednesday agreed .... “The handling of the refugee crisis by the E.U. is disappointing,” he said. Austrian expatriates in Greece condemn Vienna over ... www.theguardian.com › World › Refugees The Guardian 5 days ago - Austrian expatriates in Greece condemn Vienna over refugee crisis ... held a mini-summit of eastern European and Balkan states in which it ... Greece recalls ambassador from Austria over EU refugees row www.theguardian.com › World › Greece The Guardian Feb 25, 2016 - Greece recalls ambassador from Austria over EU refugees row ... over Vienna's strong-arm approach to the handling of Europe's migrant crisis. .... ministers from countries on or near the main Balkan migration route agreed to ... Macedoni European migrant crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_migrant_crisis Wikipedia The European migrant crisis or European refugee crisis began in 2015, when a ... 2015, the starting point of a flow of refugees and migrants moving through Balkan ..... Sweden, Hungary and Austria were among the top recipients of EU asylum ... Refugees of the Syrian Civil War - Wikipedia, the free ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refugees_of_the_Syrian_Civil_... Wikipedia National debates and media coverage about the Syrian refugee crises ... 2016, Austria imposed restrictions on the number of refugees entering their borders. ..... 50,000 spaces in Greece and another 50,000 spaces in Balkan countries. ------------------------------------------- FOR MORE DETAILS: http://northdenvernews.com/austria-argues-keep-balkans-closed-syrian-refugees-refugeecrisis/ ------------------------------------------- CONNECT WITH US: http://facebook.com/cherrycreeknews https://twitter.com/cherrycreeknews https://plus.google.com/+CherryCreekNewsDenver/u wish (see Tutorials for more info). ------------------------------------------ VISIT OUR SITE: http://northdenvernews.com/austria-argues-keep-balkans-closed-syrian-refugees-refugeecrisis/

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