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  • The prime ministers of four central European EU members on Wednesday hailed the efforts of Greece to stem the flow of migrants into Europe following Turkey's decision to open its western border. Thousands of migrants have massed at the Greek frontier since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced last week that they would no longer be prevented from trying to enter Europe. The mobilisation has triggered comparisons to the 2015 migrant and refugee crisis that brought millions of people, many of them from war-torn Syria, to Europe. "Greece is indeed active, it has stopped illegal migration and we appreciate its efforts to defend the (EU's) external border," Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters in Prague. "The situation on the EU's border is really serious and we want to do our best to prevent a return of the 2015 situation," said the populist Babis, adding that Visegrad four (V4) states are "ready to send help" to Greece. The Czech Republic now holds the rotating presidency of the V4 group which also comprises Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Mass migrant and refugee flows in 2015 led the EU to consider distributing migrants across the bloc, a move that failed after the Visegrad countries opposed it. Refusing to accept migrants of Muslim background, Hungary's populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed Wednesday that there were "already 130,000 migrants north and west of the Greek-Turkish border that are headed in the direction of Europe." "So in itself defending the Greek-Turkish border won't be enough, we have to do something about those 130,000 people who ... are heading north. The Greeks have already let those through," said Orban, whose country built a fence along its southern border in 2015 to prevent migrant flows. "This mass must be stopped as far south as possible, and if that doesn't work, then of course just like in 2015 as a last resort the Hungarians will be there to stop them on the Serbian-Hungarian border," he added. Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini said Slovakia was ready to send "police officers and technology" to Hungary if needed. The four premiers also agreed they would coordinate steps to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after the first cases were reported by the Czech Republic and Poland. frj/mas/pvh
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  • Central Europe PMs hail Greece's effort to stop migrants
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