Post by artisans on Jan 30, 2016 19:38:10 GMT 2
What is the EU up to, and more importantly, why? While Turkey does nothing to stem the tide of refugees into Greece, Brussels threatens eviction ‘if Greece fails to secure its borders.’ One wonders if there is a country in the world that could cope with 850,000 people a year emerging from the sea and asking for help, let alone a country with such a complex coastline made up of endless islands and headlands.
Government spokeswoman, Olga Gerovasil, has said that “Greece has surpassed itself in order to meet its obligations,” but she adds that “trying to isolate Greece is not constructive.” One wonders if that is the real objective – to isolate Greece! The fact is that these desperate people are intent on entering Europe via Greece, and very few intend to stay there. To ostracise Greece without offering substantial help is both unhelpful and unreasonable, especially as so many of the refugees are reluctant to reveal their identities for fear that it might jeopardise their positions.
Even Frontex, the EU’s border control agency, said earlier this week that it is almost impossible for Greece to stop the refugee influx without help. The aim seems to be to kick Greece out of the Schengen zone, but for undisclosed reasons. Rather than helping them, it seems that the EU is exploiting the immigrants and Greece has to pay the price. On one side we have the eastern Mediterranean discharging refugees by the thousand, and on the other, an intransigent group of politicians with vested interests. Greece is right in the middle, trying its best to cope, while criminal gangs take advantage of the refugees and Belgium announces that it should ‘push the migrants back into the sea.’
Under international law, every person who crosses a European border can claim asylum, and maybe if the EU can kick Greece out, it ceases to be their problem. Nice people …!
Steve
Government spokeswoman, Olga Gerovasil, has said that “Greece has surpassed itself in order to meet its obligations,” but she adds that “trying to isolate Greece is not constructive.” One wonders if that is the real objective – to isolate Greece! The fact is that these desperate people are intent on entering Europe via Greece, and very few intend to stay there. To ostracise Greece without offering substantial help is both unhelpful and unreasonable, especially as so many of the refugees are reluctant to reveal their identities for fear that it might jeopardise their positions.
Even Frontex, the EU’s border control agency, said earlier this week that it is almost impossible for Greece to stop the refugee influx without help. The aim seems to be to kick Greece out of the Schengen zone, but for undisclosed reasons. Rather than helping them, it seems that the EU is exploiting the immigrants and Greece has to pay the price. On one side we have the eastern Mediterranean discharging refugees by the thousand, and on the other, an intransigent group of politicians with vested interests. Greece is right in the middle, trying its best to cope, while criminal gangs take advantage of the refugees and Belgium announces that it should ‘push the migrants back into the sea.’
Under international law, every person who crosses a European border can claim asylum, and maybe if the EU can kick Greece out, it ceases to be their problem. Nice people …!
Steve