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Europe gets 8,000 refugees from Iraq and Syria daily - UN Europe gets 8,000 refugees from Iraq and Syria daily - UN
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A daily flow of about 8,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Europe is likely to continue, the United Nations warns.A daily flow of about 8,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees to Europe is likely to continue, the United Nations warns.
The figure came from UN regional coordinator for refugees Amin Awad, who spoke to Reuters news agency.The figure came from UN regional coordinator for refugees Amin Awad, who spoke to Reuters news agency.
More than 5,000 refugees are arriving daily in Greece.More than 5,000 refugees are arriving daily in Greece.
That flow could continue during the winter if the weather remains good and the borders open, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) told the BBC.That flow could continue during the winter if the weather remains good and the borders open, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) told the BBC.
About half a million migrants - mostly from Syria and other conflict zones in the Middle East and Africa - have arrived in Europe this year.About half a million migrants - mostly from Syria and other conflict zones in the Middle East and Africa - have arrived in Europe this year.
The UN expects 10 million Iraqis to need some form of humanitarian relief by the end of this year. No sign of slowing - the BBC's Richard Galpin in Athens
Underneath the square in Victoria metro station, more Afghan families lie on the floor as commuters walk by.
There are reports the Greek authorities may soon move all of them to facilities in one of the old Olympic parks in the southern suburbs.
It is inevitable that the numbers of refugees and migrants on this and other squares in the capital will swell.
"The Afghans will not stop, they will come more and more," says a young Afghan man, Abdullah.
There are still more than 5,000 refugees and migrants - the majority of them Syrian - arriving every day on the Greek islands close to Turkey, according to Daniel Esdras, the head of the Athens branch of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
And he believes the influx may continue throughout the winter if the weather remains good and the borders stay open on the route through the Balkans to Germany.
Continue reading: Athens braced for refugee influx to continue
The influx has caused tensions between EU neighbours in Central Europe, which continued on Friday despite a visit to Austria by Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
He and Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann did not appear together in public after their talks.
Mr Faymann had earlier likened Hungary's tough handling of migrants to the policies of Nazi Germany - a comparison angrily dismissed by Hungary.
Speaking in Vienna, Mr Orban said Hungary had to build a fence on its border with Croatia like the razor-wire fence completed on its border with Serbia.
What happens on the Croatia-Hungary border will be "decisive in the next few days" for the refugee crisis, he said. Hungary has nearly completed the fence on that border.
Hungary's traditionally good relations with Austria must be maintained, Mr Orban said, urging Vienna to show "clear support" for protection of the EU's external borders.
Croatia - the EU's newest member state - has struggled with an influx of migrants from Serbia, since they were blocked at the Hungarian border. Croatia-Serbia tensions escalated into a war of words.
But on Friday Croatia's Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said he was working to lift Croatia's border restrictions "today or tomorrow".
Vehicles have been blocked and Serbia - a candidate to join the EU - angrily compared the restrictions with "those of the World War Two fascist regime".
Scars remain from the Serb-Croat fighting of the 1990s, when Yugoslavia disintegrated in inter-ethnic conflict.
The EU's Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, visited a migrant camp in the border zone on Friday with Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Row about quotas
Deep divisions surfaced in the EU this week when ministers agreed to relocate about 120,000 refugees across Europe.Deep divisions surfaced in the EU this week when ministers agreed to relocate about 120,000 refugees across Europe.
The refugees - from Syria, Iraq and Eritrea - will be transferred from Greece and Italy, to ease the pressure on overcrowded reception centres there.The refugees - from Syria, Iraq and Eritrea - will be transferred from Greece and Italy, to ease the pressure on overcrowded reception centres there.
Four Central and East European countries voted against the measure. However, there is still a dispute about the distribution plan. Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia voted against it. They resent the imposition of quotas, arguing that they are ill-equipped to integrate non-EU migrants.
Serbia - a candidate to join the EU - exchanged angry words with EU member Croatia, as the migrant crisis along their border intensified.
Vehicles have been blocked and border restrictions imposed in the dispute.
The EU's Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, visited a migrant camp in the border zone on Friday with Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic.
Hungary says it has nearly completed a fence on sections of its border with Croatia, but does not plan to extend it to Slovenia.
The Serbia-Croatia tensions escalated after Hungary fenced off its border with Serbia, triggering a surge of migrants into Croatia.
Scars remain from the Serb-Croat fighting of the 1990s, when Yugoslavia disintegrated in inter-ethnic conflict.
Croatia said reports that individual Serbian citizens had also been barred from entering Croatia were incorrect, saying there had only been "a problem with passports".
But Serbia condemned Croatia, saying its border restrictions were "comparable only to those of the World War Two fascist regime".
Many of the refugees are determined to reach Germany, whose Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged EU partners to take in more refugees. Germany expects to have at least 800,000 asylum seekers this year.Many of the refugees are determined to reach Germany, whose Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged EU partners to take in more refugees. Germany expects to have at least 800,000 asylum seekers this year.
Germany's federal government has pledged €4bn (£3bn; $4.5bn) to its regional states, double the current levels of funding, to help them cope with a record migrant influx.Germany's federal government has pledged €4bn (£3bn; $4.5bn) to its regional states, double the current levels of funding, to help them cope with a record migrant influx.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.