Swamped Greece waves off first refugees to take up relocation offer

The first refugees left Greece on Wednesday under the second phase of a troubled plan to share out migrants among EU members as the number of people entering Europe illegally this year reached 800,000. Thirty refugees were given a VIP sendoff from Athens airport before flying to Luxembourg where they will begin a new life. "Today they have the opportunity to make... a better life," Tsipras, who was flanked by Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopo