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EU struggling to deal with migration crisis: commissioner

Xinhua, August 14, 2015 Adjust font size:

EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos on Friday said Europe is struggling to deal with the high influx of migrants.

Avramopoulos indicated the situation in Greece has become particularly urgent, with almost 50,000 migrants arriving in July, while 35,000 arrived in Hungary in the same period.

"Hungary is joining Italy and Greece as the member states most exposed, on the frontline," the commissioner said.

"We provide help where we can and to the greatest extent possible," he added, saying the European Commission approved national funding programs for Greece that amount to 474 million euros (528 million U.S. dollars) earlier this week.

Avramopoulos called on all EU member states to help Greece provide immediate humanitarian assistance to migrants in the eastern Aegean islands.

"There is no simple nor single answer to the challenges posed by migration. And nor can any member state effectively address migration alone. It is clear that we need this new, more European approach," he said in a statement. Endit