EU tests new screening process on refugee-hit Greek island

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A garbage-strewn hillside on this Greek island has become the European Union's testing ground for a new fast-track registration process for migrants. If it works, authorities plan rapid expansion to other refugee "hotspots" struggling to cope with the influx of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty. Thousands are camping out here in a tent city that has sprung up around the police registration center chosen for the pilot program, which includes translator

LESBOS, Greece (AP) — A garbage-strewn hillside on this Greek island has become the European Union's testing ground for a new fast-track registration process for migrants. If it works, authorities plan rapid expansion to other refugee "hotspots" struggling to cope with the influx of hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and poverty. Thousands are camping out here in a tent city that has sprung up around the police registration center chosen for the pilot program, which includes translator…