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The president of the CDU, Friedrich Merz, has spoken out against the admission of asylum seekers from camps in Greece or Bosnia. “Above all, the entire European Union has an obligation to help refugees in the Balkans or on the Greek islands there,” Merz told the Funke media group newspapers.
He added: “However, this humanitarian catastrophe cannot be solved by saying: everyone comes to Germany. This path is no longer open. “
Europe must enter into agreements with countries of origin and transit to prevent illegal and life-threatening migration across the Mediterranean into countries of origin. “The clear message for the refugees, as well as for the smuggling organizations, must be: it is a threat to life and it will not succeed.”
When it comes to deportations, Germany “had not been consistent enough everywhere in recent years, that has to change,” Merz said. In the case of Syria, for example, there are legal and humanitarian obstacles, as well as factual obstacles, for example, because there are no air connections or open land routes. “Deportations to Syria will therefore only be possible in individual cases.”
The previous ban on deportation for Syria expired last year because the countries’ interior ministers were unable to find a common solution to the issue. SPD ministers wanted to expand it without restriction, Union ministers no longer wanted to rule out a widespread deportation of serious offenders. Each case must now be examined individually.
