Hungary and Greece are closing their borders to asylum seekers amid the coronavirus outbreak
for at least one month. He also said the country's national security council had decided "to increase the level of deterrence at our borders to the maximum."against migrants last week, citing coronavirus concerns.
"Migration is now taking on a new dimension, as flows to Greece include people from Iran – where we have had many cases of coronavirus – and many passing through Afghanistan," he said at a ministerial meeting on February 27. "Our islands, therefore, already burdened with public health issues, need to be protected twice."at Greece's border with Turkey.to let migrants enter Europe.
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