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Moria fire: Merkel disappointed by the lack of a European solution

2020-09-15T18:56:59.928Z


German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was disappointed on Tuesday, September 15 by the lack of a concerted European solution to accommodate more refugees from the devastated Greek camp of Moria, while Berlin announced that it would welcome around 1,500. Read also: The deep gratitude of the Nashawi family to Angela Merkel This non-coordination " is not a sign of the capacity for action and of


German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was disappointed on Tuesday, September 15 by the lack of a concerted European solution to accommodate more refugees from the devastated Greek camp of Moria, while Berlin announced that it would welcome around 1,500.

Read also: The deep gratitude of the Nashawi family to Angela Merkel

This non-coordination "

is not a sign of the capacity for action and of the values ​​of Europe

", she regretted, told AFP participants at a meeting of her conservative parliamentary group in Berlin.

On the other hand, she explained that the decision on Tuesday by Berlin to do its part by welcoming 1,553 migrants currently on the Greek islands after the fires at the Moria camp in Lesvos, in addition to the some 150 unaccompanied minors already planned last week, was a “

Manageable and justifiable settlement

” for the country, the leading European economic power.

It is "

right

" to focus on families

According to her, it is "

right

" to focus on families with children whose asylum applications in Greece have already been approved.

Berlin wishes above all to welcome families with children currently on the Greek islands and who have already been granted refugee status by the Greek authorities, according to a German government source interviewed by AFP.

The Chancellor said she would continue to advocate a "

European approach

".

On September 23, the European Commission is due to present a much-awaited project to reform migration policy in the EU.

To read also: Migrants: what is the Lesbos camp qualified as “immense tragedy” by the UN?

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer spoke more critically of European partners, including France, regretting that no EU country wanted to participate in welcoming these some 1,550 refugees. who live in "

absolutely untenable conditions

".

The German government has been under pressure for several days by left-wing parties, NGOs and part of civil society, which demand a humanitarian gesture in favor of the 12,000 migrants left in the greatest poverty on Lesbos.

Until now, the Europeans' response had been very discreet: 10 countries have agreed to take care of 400 unaccompanied minors, including France, which should take in around 100.

On the island of Lesvos, only a handful of the exiles driven out by the camp fire have so far joined the provisional center erected by the Greek authorities, while the islanders feel largely abandoned by the rest of Europe.

Source: lefigaro

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