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Group of 47 unaccompanied child migrants evacuated from refugee camps in Greece arrive in Germany
- The 47 47 , among them four girls, come from Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea
- They landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens today and now face quarantine
- They were previously housed in refugee camps in Lesbos, Samos and Chios
- German minister Seehofer urged other countries to take in refugee children
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A group of 47 unaccompanied children evacuated from refugee camps in Greece have landed in Germany.
The Interior Ministry said the minors landed in Hanover on a flight from Athens on Saturday. They were all tested for the coronavirus before departure and will remain in two-week quarantine before moving on to other German states.
Germany’s interior minister, Horst Seehofer, said the evacuation was ‘the result of months of preparation and intense talks with our European partners’ and expressed hope that other countries would also begin taking in refugee children soon.
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