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Spain receives 19 refugees from Greece

Xinhua, June 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Spain received 19 refugees on Wednesday coming from Greece as part of the European relocation program, the Spanish interior ministry reported in a press release on Wednesday.

The group, eight men, five women and six children, arrived at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport and they will be relocated to Salamanca and Navarra, in the north of Spain.

Fourteen refugees are from Syria and five are from Iraq. They are to be relocated in reception centers or NGOs where they will be assisted by different professionals.

This is the fourth group to arrive in Spain in eight days: one group from Italy and three from Greece, the ministry said, pointing out that 87 people had been relocated so far this year, along with 18 more that had arrived from Italy by the end of 2015, bringing the total to 105 people.

The group is part of the 586 refugees who are expected to arrive by the end of this month.

Spain agreed to take in 15,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq as part of the agreement reached with the European Union. Endit