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– What are we going to do now? Where should we go? Afghanistan’s Mahmout told AFP news agency on Thursday.
A temporary response for the affected youth came from German Chancellor Angela Merkel late on Thursday. She announced that France and Germany are planning a joint effort to host younger refugees.
“As a temporary effort, we offer Greece to receive minor refugees, then more efforts must be made,” Merkel said in Berlin. She stressed the importance of other EU countries standing up.
The first fire It began a few hours after 35 people tested positive for COVID-19 at the camp and prompted thousands to seek refuge in the surrounding olive groves. On Wednesday night, a new fire broke out that further exacerbated the crisis in the overcrowded camp.
Of an estimated 3,500 people whose bunks were burned, some of them had the opportunity to spend the night on a ship in a nearby port. Two more ships will offer more berths on Thursday, Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi told AFP.
The fire in the camp, which was built with a capacity for just under 3,000 people but is home to about 13,000, raises new demands for changes in Europe’s asylum system.
– We urgently need to create a common refugee reception system together with as many EU countries as possible and finally a common EU asylum and migration policy, says German EU Minister Michael Roth.
Under current rules, refugees and migrants must seek asylum in the first EU country they arrive in. The idea is that some are allowed to come to other countries, but the system is precarious as some countries are barely prepared to receive anyone, which means that most will stay in countries of arrival such as Greece and Italy.
After the fire has The Norwegian government has announced that it will receive 50 Syrians from Moria. Other countries keep the door closed.
– If we empty the Morial field, it will only be filled again immediately, says Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, according to AFP.
Swedish Justice and Migration Minister Morgan Johansson (S) had no information to say on Wednesday.
“As for a possible transfer of asylum seekers from Greece, it is the Swedish Immigration Board that makes the decision and not the government,” he said in a written comment to TT.
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