UN: Greece Must Take Charge in Refugee Crisis

The United Nations told Greece it must show "much more leadership" in tackling the escalating crisis of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. "The number of refugee arrivals to Greece which have been increasing dramatically and have now reached the 160,000 mark and this is as of the 14th of August," William Spindler of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said at a Geneva news briefing on Tuesday. To underscore the deadly risks migrants are taking to reach...

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