国际英语资讯:Greek borders are not reopening, officials say_时事

国际英语资讯:Greek borders are not reopening, officials say

She voiced confidence that gradually they will be persuaded to return to the facilities where they are housed, stressing that they will not be allowed to leave Diavata or the train station to northern Greece and the "borders are not opening to any other country".

The refugees and migrants have fallen "victims of misinformation", Migration Policy Minister Dimitris Vitsas told AMNA.

The ministry has made a joint appeal with the UN High Commission for Refugees that has issued an announcement in six languages, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other international organizations stating that all they have heard are lies, he said, underlining that the borders will remain firmly closed.

As third country nationals that have applied for asylum, seeking international protection, protesters have their rights, but they also have obligations and one of the most basic obligations, which derive from the Geneva Convention and other international treaties, is that they must respect the laws of the state that has given them shelter, the Greek official said, expressing hope that the protests will end in coming hours.

"They should realize that this attempt is leading nowhere and is undermining their own future," Miltiadis Klapas, General Secretary at the Ministry of Migration Policy told Xinhua, after his visit to the railway station to talk to protesters.

"We can't stay longer in Greece. We came to the decision that we want to go to Thessaloniki and find a way how we can talk with the government of Athens. We are not here for fun or something else. We are running from problems from our countries," Abdulkarim, an Iraqi refugee, told Xinhua.