Moria fire: Merkel bursts the collar in meeting - clear text on EU policy - "You have to be sober"

The decision to accept more than 1,500 refugees from Greece has met with criticism.

In the Bundestag, Chancellor Merkel and Interior Minister Seehofer answer the questions.

• Chancellor Merkel *

  and

  Interior Minister Seehofer

  are campaigning for

  refugees

  to be taken in

  after the Moria fire *

  .

• Critics accuse the

  federal government of

  "going it alone nationally"

  on

  the refugee issue

  .

• Merkel,

  on the other hand, criticizes the

  EU's

  migration

  policy sharply

  (see update from September 16, 12.55 p.m.)

  .

Update from September 17, 8.29 a.m

.: SPD boss

has

spoken

out in favor of a further

of refugees from the burned down Greek

in Germany.

“If it were up to the SPD,

and

could

help unhindered and take in refugees.

But the

and

block here, ”said Walter-Borjans of the

.

The SPD chairman made the admission of further refugees from

dependent on other

“the German example” and also accepting refugees.

If the EU partners got on board, Germany would also be ready to “take in more refugees from Greece given its size”.

Refugee question: Merkel criticizes the EU's migration policy

Update of 16 September, 12:55

: union group meeting on Tuesday

has

for information of the

of the EU

in the

accused.

Accordingly, Merkel said: “

and the

camp

show the whole misery of European migration policy, which is not one.

You just have to be so matter-of-fact. ”She continued, according to the report:“ We all knew that the Greek islands

for a long time. ”

If the

saying that it "have rarely seen in the world as a refugee camp" as in Moria, then that is "not a sign of Europe's values and for Europe's capacity to act," said Merkel, according

.

A refugee and asylum policy at EU level is

against which, for example, financial negotiations are “a simple matter”.

Moria-Brand: Germany accepts significantly more people - criticism of Merkel's "solo action"

Original report from September 16:

Berlin -

What to do

with the

after the

in the Greek camp

*?

Germany has advanced within Europe and wants to take in

people from five Greek islands: 408 families with

who have already been

recognized

in Greece as in

.

However: In the approximately two-hour

on Tuesday in Berlin, there was clear criticism of this decision *, said participants from the

news

.

Instead of a

, the government should have insisted on a

for admission, argued the critics.

The # Federal Government has made a decision on the admission of asylum seekers and those entitled to protection from the Greek islands: pic.twitter.com/j7s52wCRl1

- Steffen Seibert (@RegSsprecher) September 15, 2020

Merkel to Moria: "That is not a sign of Europe's ability to act"

Federal Chancellor

(CDU), on the other hand, regretted that it did not come about.

“That is not a sign of Europe's ability to act and values,” she was quoted by participants as saying.

Merkel * also protested against the interpretation that Germany was going it alone at national level.

Rather, the solution found is a

solution

that has been agreed with the Greek government.

She thinks it is “right” to concentrate on families with children when they are admitted and the “charm” of the planned measure is that these people have the

here

.

She will continue to advocate a “European approach”.

+

Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) agree on the issue of refugee admission.

© John Macdougall / AFP POOL / dpa

Merkel and Seehofer agree on the refugee question about Moria: "Absolutely untenable conditions"

According to

the

,

regretted

that no EU country wanted to take part in the admission of the 1,550 people.

Even

did not want to help, he criticized.

Seehofer said that employees of his ministry were on site in Lesbos.

You had

reported

, Seehofer was quoted by participants in the parliamentary group meeting.

described the admission program as an “independent contribution” from Germany, which should precede any desired European unification.

EU Commission President

now calling for a new European system to control

.

(AFP / dpa / frs

A new makeshift camp has now been set up on the island of Lesbos, but many refugees are afraid of being locked up.

List of rubric lists: © John Macdougall / AFP POOL / dpa