Greece files protest to Austria over Balkan migrants meeting

Greece made a strongly worded complaint to Austria Tuesday for drastically restricting migrant crossings, as police at the Greek border with FYROM [***] removed hundreds of Afghan migrants stranded at a camp there.

Athens has criticized Austria's decision last week to cap the daily number of asylum applications and migrants crossing the country - an action that has left thousands stranded in Greece.

The Austrian ambassador to Greece was summoned to the foreign ministry to receive the complaint Tuesday after Austria invited officials from western Balkan countries to a meeting on migration in Vienna Wednesday, excluding Greece.

The ministry described the meeting as a "unilateral move which is not at all friendly toward our country."...
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