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reAfter the devastating fire in the Greek refugee camp of Moria, Germany and France want to take in minor immigrants, if possible together with other EU countries. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested inauguration in a phone call, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) said Thursday during a discussion with European People’s Party Chairman Donald Tusk at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, affiliated with the CDU, in Berlin. . Merkel did not give a specific number of how many people Germany will host.
She hoped that other EU member states would also be involved in accepting the minor refugees, Merkel said. She also spoke with Mitsotakis that immediate help would be provided to ensure new and better housing for those affected by the fire. “It cannot stay that way and Germany will participate,” said the Chancellor.
Merkel said: “More steps must be taken.” Germany has taken responsibility for the migrants. “But we cannot be satisfied with a European migration policy. Basically, today there is no such thing. And if it stays that way, it will be a drag on Europe ”, criticized the foreign minister. She will use the German Presidency of the Council of the EU, which runs until the end of the year, to advance here.
“We have to show solidarity with Greece,” French President Macron said on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Now it is a “good response of solidarity” to Greece, continues the 42-year-old.
Earlier there was talk of 400 underage refugees who should be admitted. According to information from the German Press Agency in Berlin, the number 400 applies to all participating countries; It has not yet been determined how many of them Germany would take, he said.
Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis thanked Germany and France for their willingness. “We will do our best to address this crisis in a humane way,” Mitsotakis said Thursday night in Ajaccio, Corsica, after an informal EU-South summit.
“Germany, France, and I hope that many other countries that can join this initiative will show solidarity, we are fulfilling our responsibility by offering to take care of unaccompanied minors,” Macron said after the meeting. their counterparts from Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
Athens thanks Macron and Merkel for hosting migrants (photo – current)
Ajaccio (AP) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis thanked Germany and France for their willingness to take in minors after the fires in the Greek refugee camp of Moria. “We will do our best to address this crisis in a humane way,” Mitsotakis said Thursday night in Ajaccio, Corsica, after an informal EU-South summit.
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and French President Emmnauel Macron had previously promised to host unaccompanied minor refugees from the burned-out camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Merkel did not give a specific number of how many people Germany will host.
“Germany, France – and I hope that many other countries that can join this initiative show their solidarity – we are fulfilling our responsibility by offering to take care of unaccompanied minors,” said French President Macron after the meeting with his counterparts from Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
The stalemate on migration issues has been going on for too long, according to Macron. Unfortunately, in recent years it has not been possible to find a satisfactory way of dealing with the refugee crisis in Europe.
You have to look reality in the eye, Mitsotakis said. In Greece, as in other southern countries, an unbearable burden is at stake. Europe must now move from expressions of solidarity to real solidarity.
Greece does not want to accept permanently
Consequently, negotiations are currently under way with other countries to participate in the campaign. Therefore, Greece itself is not expressly asking to hire more people, he said. In Athens, it is feared that, otherwise, sabotage could also be incited in other refugee camps.
The Greek government had previously identified arson as the cause of the disaster. The Vice Minister of Migration, Giorgos Koumoutsakos, also ruled out on Thursday that adult migrants could also leave the island. On the Skai news channel, he said: “If you think you can travel to the mainland and then to Germany, you must forget it.”
Meanwhile, the UN Refugee Aid provided emergency aid of 250,000 euros. Residents of the camp needed means of transport, emergency accommodation and basic relief supplies and needed to be protected from the spread of the corona virus, the organization said.
In the fires on Wednesday night, the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos was almost completely destroyed. Instead of the planned 3,000 migrants, more than 12,000 people stayed there.
Several federal states on Wednesday offered to receive migrants from the camp. Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller (CSU) also called on Germany to go ahead and accept 2,000 migrants. The federal government has so far refused to do this and is instead fighting for a European solution.
Accept refugees, demand the Greens
The top green politicians in the federal, state and EU parliament are now pushing them too. He has asked the federal interior minister, Horst Seehofer, to allow refugees from the Greek camp of Moria to come to Germany and quickly help there.
“Germany must act now and welcome those seeking protection,” reads a letter signed by party leaders Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock and parliamentary group leaders Anton Hofreiter and Katrin Göring-Eckardt. Göring-Eckardt wants to arrive on the island of Lesbos on Thursday night to get an idea of the situation.
