Greece wants EU funding to tackle migrant influx

Greece will ask the European Union for about 700 million euros to build infrastructure to shelter the hundreds of refugees and migrants arriving on its shores daily, the government said on Thursday. Economy Minister Nikos Christodoulakis said the country will seek EU funds earmarked to address the crisis. "The minimum sum Greece needs is 400 million euros from the asylum fund and 330 million from the fund for poor to tackle urgent needs for infrastructure." Frans Timmermans, first vice president