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Faced with the fire in the Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, Lower Austria’s Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (ÖVP) reacted negatively to the relocation of refugees to EU countries. “Greece is a safe EU country and it says that the problem cannot be solved through distribution,” he said in Wiener Neustadt on Friday.
“What Greece needs is financial support for decent housing for the refugees,” the politician continued. The Mediterranean country receives “hundreds of millions of euros annually from the EU.” Austria also offered financial support worth two million euros, Mikl-Leitner said. The question of whether Lower Austria or Austria should accept refugees from Moira remained unanswered.
Regional advisor to the Tyrolean vice president against the party line
The Tyrolean ÖVP Councilor for Education and Labor, Beate Palfrader, opposes the federal party line on this issue. In a conversation with him THAN he appealed to “Christian social responsibility.” In a common Europe, regardless of party affiliation, one is obliged to help in humanitarian terms.
“It is a disaster that has been going on for a long time. A disaster that also affects children and youth, some of whom are unaccompanied. There is a humanitarian obligation to help,” Palfrader said. Moria It’s just one example, precarious conditions also prevailed in other fields in Europe.
