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<p>The British Government is committed to supporting Greece's efforts to manage migration
effectively, which includes working with the Greek Government to support the most
vulnerable.</p><p>The Greek Government is continuing to reduce overcrowding by transferring
vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers to accommodation that is more suitable on the
mainland. On behalf of EU Member States, the EU Commission is working with, and pressing,
the Greek authorities to speed up this process. This is alongside the Commission's
continuing wider efforts to make overall improvements, including to the Greek appeals
and returns processes.</p><p>The Government continues to offer support to alleviate
the pressures on the islands and make sustainable improvements to the migration system.
The Immigration Minister and Development Secretary visited the migrant camps last
summer to assess the conditions and engage with the Greek authorities and other agencies
on the ground. UK support includes the deployments of interpreters to the Greek Reception
and Identification Service on the Greek islands. The interpreters help the Greek Government
in processing arriving migrants, and specifically help facilitate the identification
of migrants who are vulnerable to ensure they receive support as quickly as possible.</p><p>More
widely, we have stepped up our efforts to enable the most vulnerable unaccompanied
children, where it is in their best interest, to relocate from Europe to the UK, by
removing the date criterion in the Dubs Amendment. This has meant that participating
States such as Greece can now refer the most vulnerable children regardless of when
they arrived into Europe.</p>
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