Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Sunday a first group of 87 refugees from Greece is due to arrive in Spain "between May 24 and 26" and 63 more would arrive "at the beginning of June."
Fernandez Diaz said 18 refugees 17 Eritreans and one Syrian national had come from Italy in November and 32 more were expected to arrive soon.
Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria said last year that Spain had approved the resettlement of 854 refugees from countries bordering Syria and planned to accept a total of 1,449 refugees over a two-year period.
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