GREECE-EUROPE-MIGRANTS

Hundreds of migrants and refugees disembark from a ferry at the port of Piraeus on February 10, 2016.
EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said on February 10, 2016 he has written letters to member states with a “clear and strong message” to accelerate the relocation of refugees from overstretched Greece and Italy. Streams of people fleeing conflict or poverty continue to make the often perilous journey from Turkey across the Mediterranean and through the Balkans, despite cold winter weather, in the hope of starting new lives in more prosperous European countries. / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI