More than 450 migrants, mainly Afghan nationals, were taken back to reception centres in the capital.
Diplomatic protest
Athens has filed a rare diplomatic protest with fellow EU member Austria for excluding Greek officials from a high-level meeting on measures aimed at curbing Europe’s biggest inward migration since the Second World War.
Using unusually language, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias described it as a “unilateral and unfriendly act.”
Austria, the last country on the overland route to Germany, said last week it had imposed a daily limit of 3,000 migrants passing through. The country will only process 80 asylum claims a day.
Hungary says it will shut off three railway crossings used by migrants from February 22nd,
Slovenia has erected a fence on its southern border with Croatia to ensure migrants can only enter via official border crossings.
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