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GREEKS HAND MIGRANTS TRAVEL PAPERS TO PASS EU BORDERS

GREEKS HAND MIGRANTS TRAVEL PAPERS TO PASS EU BORDERS  

Greek junior interior minister for migration Yiannis Mouzalas said that Ahmad al Mohammad arrived on the island of Leros on October 3. 
Mr Mouzalas released a photograph of al Mohammad, which was taken as he was processed by Greek Authorities. 

He said the 25-year-old was registered 'in accordance with European regulations' and and been allowed to continue his journey as his details did not raise any 'red flags' on any EU security databases. 
Greek authorities hand travel papers to migrants as long as their fingerprints are not held on an international terror watch list. 
Mr Mouzalas added: 'This is the sole person on which we have received a request from the French police.

But Mouzalas insisted that heightened security concerns should not jeopardise the rights of refugees to safety in Europe.

'There could be more (such jihadists)... are we supposed to toss 100,000 people in the sea?
'Greece and Europe must keep a very fine balance between security and human rights," he said.

'Most of (the attackers) were born and raised in Western countries... they leave Western countries with legal Western passports, go to jihad and return.'

BREAKDOWN OF ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH PARIS ATTACK

There have now been a string of arrests in connection with the terror attacks across central Paris locations on Friday. The arrests so far include:
Saturday afternoon: Three people are arrested at the French/Belgian border after police trace their car after it was sighted in Paris at the time of the attacks.
Saturday evening: Police arrest seven people in the St Jans Molenbeek district of Brussels after a discarded parking ticket found in the VW Polo seen outside the Bataclan theatre led police there. It is confirmed two of the attackers live in Brussels, with one from the Molenbeek area.
Saturday night: Suicide bomber Omar Ismail Mostefai, 29, is identified by his finger, which was found among the carnage at the Bataclan concert hall, and confirmed as one of the terrorists responsible. He killed himself in the attack but six of his family members, including his father, 34-year-old brother and sister-in-law, are arrested in France and their homes searched.
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