Under Syriza’s watch, it dismantled Amygdaleza, a migrant detention centre Greece had been criticised about by global human rights’ organisations in the past. With exclusively Germany saying a willingness to absorb numerous refugees, a complete of 750,000 individuals, different EU nations stay reluctant to take action, with Slovakia, for instance, saying it’ll settle for 200, and exclusively Christians.
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Hungary is not the only European country to turn its refugee crisis into a law-enforcement issue.
As soon as registered, the refugees will be a part of others in Athens and Thessaloniki, the place they’re being ferried virtually day by day, to remain in probably the most primary circumstances, as they attempt to make their method to northern Europe.
For the first time, the number of migrants has surpassed the 100,000 mark in a single month since the border agency began keeping records in 2008.
“So when they arrive on these islands, literally all they have is the bag on their back”.
Yet it’s clear why the flood of refugees continues despite such dangers. “They need our help”, Kutz said after visiting a refugee camp near the town of Gevgelija, a major entry point for refugees and migrants near Macedonia’s southern border with Greece. About 30 percent are women and children, UNICEF said.
There is a provision in EU asylum law that mandates emergency relief to member countries who are unable to handle the mass influx of people and their relocation when shelters fill up. As a result, European policymakers have been so paralyzed by political pressures they’ve become little more than hapless witnesses to the catastrophe washing up on their shores. But, it warns the flight of these desperate people is continuing and is unstoppable. Going by sea means landing either in Greece, Italy or the islands of Lampedusa and Malta, and each are wracked with challenges – more than 2,000 people have died on the trip this year alone. Secretary of State John Kerry, understandably, has been preoccupied for months with working out a nuclear deal to prevent Iran from building a bomb.
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“Asylum and migration in all Europe” and “Asylum in Sweden, Holland, Norway, Germany, Britain, Austria and Switzerland” are just two of the dozens of Facebook groups that Syrians are operating and using to learn about the perilous and, in some cases, deadly journey to Europe. In order to be considered a refugee in Europe and be allowed the privileges of freedom of movement and residence, refugee status must be applied for, and the process is often very long and challenging given the sheer number of people.
