EU Council president Donald Tusk told illegal economic migrants not to risk their lives or money on a perilous trip to Europe “for nothing” but said unilateral actions by European Union states to deal with the crisis must stop.

Greek voters yesterday returned Alexis Tsipras to power with a strong election victory, ensuring that the charismatic leftist remains Greece’s dominant political figure despite caving into European demands for a bailout he once opposed.

International creditors want Greece to enact a third wave of politically sensitive reforms before they release any money to keep the near bankrupt country afloat under a third bailout they began negotiating yesterday.

Greek MPs approved the country’s 2013 austerity budget in a vital step to persuade international creditors to unblock a vital rescue loan instalment without which the country will go bankrupt.