11 May 2020 04:27PMATHENS: A group of 50 refugees and asylum seekers flew from Greece to Britain on Monday to reunite with relatives in a transfer that had been held up by the coronavirus lockdown.
Monday's group were relocated under the Dublin Treaty, an accord facilitating family reunifications if a close relative is already in the country of destination. "Today the lives of the people who are leaving is changing," Deputy migration minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos told reporters at Athens airport."The coronavirus was an additional procedural challenge but as you can see it was not an obstacle," he said.
A bottleneck in processing asylum applications left many stuck in the country while asylum applications were examined.
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