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By Maria Spiliopoulou， Anthi Pazianou

ATHENS， Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Greece and Europe have a ""humanitarian imperative"" to alleviate the situation on the Greek islands for the refugees and migrants as well as for island inhabitants， a senior EU official said Wednesday.

Dimitris Avramopoulos， European Commissioner for Migration， Home Affairs and Citizenship， made the appeal during his visit to the Greek Lesvos Island.

The EU migration policy chief praised Greek peoples' solidarity with the thousands of refugees and migrants who have landed on Greek shores over the past two years.

No country should bear such a burden alone， Avramopoulos said.

Avramopoulos urged the EU to take more immediate actions to decongest the northern Aegean Sea islands and improve the living conditions of the 15，300 people who are accommodated in overcrowded facilities in harsh weather conditions.

""So it simply cannot be that refugees are left out in the cold， to brave the worst of winter without a roof over their heads.

""Solutions must be found today， not tomorrow， not next week， but now，"" he said.

Avramopoulos underlined that the EU has already offered Greece one billion euros (1.06 billion U.S. dollars) in financial aid since 2015， but money alone cannot solve problems.

The Commissioner urged the Greek authorities for better coordination to step up the assessment of asylum bids and in parallel called on other EU member states to accelerate procedures for the relocation of thousands of refugees across Europe.

Under the EU-Turkey agreement launched last March to stem the influx into Europe， all newcomers in Greece stay in Greece and face deportation back to Turkey unless their asylum request is accepted.

Approximately 62，300 refugees and migrants have been stranded in Greece since the closure of Balkan borders last winter， according to the latest official estimate released on Wednesday from the Greek government.

According to the Greek Asylum Service， during 2016 about 7，000 refugees were relocated across Europe from Greece， while Athens received 4，415 requests from EU countries to take back migrants as it was the first country of entry.

Only three persons were returned to Greece， the asylum service said in an e-mailed statement.

Despite the closure of borders， refugees and migrants keep entering Greece from Turkey. A total of 691 people have arrived in the country by sea during the first 15 days of 2017， according to figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday.

""We need the further support of the EU and international community. Visits and ascertainments alone do not resolve the problem. We need actions，"" Christiana Kalogirou， head of the North Aegean Regional Authority， told reporters after Wednesday's visit on Lesvos.

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OTTAWA Anthony Martial Jersey , Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Canadian government discriminates against indigenous children on reserves by failing to provide the same level of child welfare services available to children off reserves, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled here Tuesday.

The tribunal, a quasi-judicial body that reviews cases of discrimination sent to the Canadian Human Rights Commission Paul Pogba Jersey , found that the Canadian government provides lower funding to child welfare on reserves than what the Canadian provinces give children off reserves.

This has ""resulted in denials of services and created adverse impacts for many First Nations children and families living on reserves,"" said the two-member tribunal, who recommended a redesign of the aboriginal child-welfare system and its funding.

The Canadian government refers the aboriginal ethnic group as ""First Nations.""

First Nations child and family services is managed by the Canadian Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs David de Gea Jersey , which must ""cease the discriminatory practice and take measures to redress and prevent it,"" said the tribunal in its 182-page decision.

The case began nine years ago when the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, a national aboriginal organization Manchester United Jersey , and the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), which represents more than 900,000 First Nations people living on reserves Benjamin Mendy Jersey , filed a complaint alleging that the Canadian government discriminated against children living on reserves.

""Today the kids win,"" AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde said in a statement following the ruling. ""This ruling is nine years in the making. That is a full generation of children waiting for justice and fairness, not to mention the decades of discrimination that has created the gap between First Nations and Canadians.""

The AFN pointed out that the ruling also states that the Canadian government failed to fully implement ""Jordan's Principle David Silva Jersey ,"" a child-first principle used in Canada to resolve jurisdictional disputes within and between governments regarding payment for government services provided to First Nations children.

It's named after Jordan River Anderson, a First Nations child who died in hospital of a rare muscular disorder in 2005 at the age of five after the governments of Canada and the province of Manitoba argued over which jurisdiction should pay for his home care.

Canada's House of Commons unanimously passed Jordan's Principle in 2007, but the idea behind it has never been fully implemented at the federal Kevin De Bruyne Jersey , provincial or territorial level.

Canadian Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, the first indigenous person to hold the post, told reporters Tuesday that neither she nor the government were ""surprised"" by the tribunal's decision.

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