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Stelios Petsas
EUROKINISSI / GIANNIS PANAGOPOULOS
In an environment of danger and embracing far-right stereotypes about national security and public health risks, government spokesman Stelios Petsas stigmatized government policy in relation to the events in Moria and the great fire that destroyed the Reception Center. The statements are in the same climate as those of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, but also of Ad. Georgiadis, who repeated the well-known claim about “illegal immigrants” and threats of deportation.
Briefing the political authors, Stelios Petsas said that “it is obvious that the events taking place in Moria raise serious problems of national security, humanitarianism and protection of public health.” And for these reasons the situation in Moria that has been formed since the early hours of Wednesday cannot continue ”.
The government spokesman also said that “some people do not respect the host country and struggle to show that they are not looking for a passport to a better life.” Instead, they take every opportunity to initiate any solution and ultimately perpetuate the problem. So they put out a second fire that destroyed most of the structure last night. Make thousands of refugees and immigrants homeless again, starting with families with children. “And they did this because they thought that if they set Moria on fire, they would leave the island indiscriminately.”
“We tell them they did not understand. They will not leave because of the fire, except for the unaccompanied minors who have already been transferred.” Therefore, what they had in mind those who started the fire, let them forget it, “he added.
However, he concluded by saying that “the State is moving in the following triptych: Housing, food, protection”, explaining that “within the day all the necessary actions will be taken to initially house the vulnerable and families in specially designed areas” .
Regarding food, he said that “the daily supply already continues, normally, in places where refugees and migrants have temporarily gathered, in cooperation with humanitarian organizations”, while for protection he said that “any spread of the coronavirus “. and for this reason “thousands of molecular tests (PCR) have been carried out” according to the EODY protocol.
Yesterday, after the Maximou meeting, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had said on the occasion of the events in Moria that he “recognizes the difficult conditions”, but that nothing can serve as an alibi for the violent reactions to health checks. And, much more, for disturbances of this magnitude. “The situation in Moria cannot continue because it is at the same time a matter of public health, humanity and national security.”
For his part, the Minister of Public Works, Adonis Georgiadis, openly demanded the deportations, saying that “those who” destroy public property “do not have the right to asylum in Greece, while through his official Twitter account he promoted videos of the known and not exceptional “Truth Team.” Using the word “illegal immigrants.”
