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“Nobody pushed me,” says Seehofer.
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“That is responsible politics”
The federal government wants to host 1,553 refugees from Greece. In an interview with WELT, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer explains, among other things, why this solution does not work alone.
Federal Minister of the Interior Seehofer defends the decision to remove some 1,500 people from the burning refugee camp in Moria. Those who demand more like the Greens, the leftists and the SPD must also look to Italy, Malta, Spain and the Balkans.
yesand Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is fully behind the relief efforts, even though Germany did so only in the planned acceptance of immigrants from the Greek islands. “No one pushed me,” the CSU politician said on Wednesday before a meeting of the Bundestag’s internal committee. “If I’m convinced that something won’t work, then neither will it.”
Regarding the calls of the Greens, the Left Party and some SPD politicians to use the willingness of many municipalities to accept more refugees, he said that those who demand this should also look towards Italy, Malta, Spain and the Balkans, where there are many more asylum seekers. give – and then explain to the German public that “Germany is a place to stay for all these refugees.”
Green Group refugee policy spokesperson Luise Amtsberg said: “Admission through the European Union is an absolute necessity, and that applies to the 13,000 people who are not currently housed there.” come to Europe.
Germany welcomes 1,553 people
Germany announced Tuesday that it will take in 1,553 migrants from five Greek islands after the Moria fire. There are 408 families with children who have already been recognized as vulnerable in Greece. Seehofer had already announced on Friday that Germany would accept up to 150 young people out of a total of 400 unaccompanied minors from Moria. The 400 minors will be distributed to European countries.
Greek authorities assume that the Moria refugee camp on the island of Lesbos, which has been overcrowded for years, was set on fire by migrants last week. The situation in the camp, which is inhabited by more than 12,000 people, had previously escalated after several asylum seekers tested positive for the coronavirus. Since then, five suspected arsonists have been arrested.
Greece wants to continue supplying all the residents of the camp that burned there and not take them to the mainland; government representatives have emphasized this several times. A large tent camp is being built on site. The background is, among other things, the fear that the migrants might otherwise also intentionally set fires in other camps to force their journey to Europe, especially Germany.
