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More than 850,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Greece last year.
A further 44,000 have reached the Greek islands since the start of 2016, mostly arriving on Lesbos, Samos and Chios from the Turkish mainland.
Greece is now likely to be given three months to rectify the situation. If it does not improve, the EU may recommend other Schengen states to reintroduce temporary border controls. The migrant crisis has put the future of the Schengen agreement at risk. Several EU states, including Austria and Hungary, have already introduced temporary border controls to reduce the number of arrivals.
Greece has "seriously neglected" its obligations to control the external frontier of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, the European Commission says in a draft report.
However, Belgian Migration Minister Theo Francken condemned the claims, calling them "grotesque and very regrettable".
Greece is now likely to be given three months to rectify the situation. If it does not improve, the EU may recommend other Schengen states to reintroduce temporary border controls. The migrant crisis has put the future of the Schengen agreement at risk. Several EU states, including Austria and Hungary, have already introduced temporary border controls to reduce the number of arrivals.
Greece has "seriously neglected" its obligations to control the external frontier of Europe's passport-free Schengen zone, the European Commission says in a draft report.
However, Belgian Migration Minister Theo Francken condemned the claims, calling them "grotesque and very regrettable".
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