EU faces new influx of migrants amid Gaza conflict

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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 23, 2023 | SaltWireATHENS - The European Union faces the risk of a sudden influx of migrants fleeing the Israel-Hamas war, Greece's Migration Minister Dimitris Kairidis said on Monday, as he called for vigilance and more solidarity among member states.

During Europe's 2015 migration crisis, EU governments struggled to cope with an influx of more than 1 million people, mostly Syrian refugees who crossed from Turkey to Greece, overwhelming security and welfare networks and stirring far-right sentiment. "It's good to have that crisis mechanism in order to deal with a sudden influx together, rather than divided," he said.

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