“We have to organise the hotspots (for) the procedures of registration and identification of refugees”, he said. Quite the contrary: “now we need more Europe”.
Advertisement
Appearing with Merkel, French President Francois Hollande called for a permanent EU Coast Guard and Border Guard service.
Meanwhile, BBC reports that Australian Chancellor Werner Faymann paid a visit to the Greek island of Lesbos to have a firsthand look at the crisis’ impact on one of the main entry points that asylum seekers use to get into the EU.
The interior ministers committed to consider creating “regional” centres outside Europe. “It is a complex humanitarian crisis demanding concrete cooperation”.
The European Union could not have a permanent system to redistribute asylum seekers from frontline countries unless the borders were properly managed.
His announcement came hours after his Czech counterpart, Milan Chovanec, said his country is ready to dispatch 50 police officers and up to 100 soldiers in Hungary.
Representatives of European Union states have met at Luxembourg on Thursday to draw out a 10-point plan on the future of the bloc’s deportation policy.
It is unclear whether refugees from countries in the midst of armed conflict, such as Syria and Afghanistan, would be forced to return to their countries.
Aside from the cost, a few countries have objected to taking refugees on religious, cultural or nationalistic grounds.
Ader, speaking after a meeting with Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, noted that the United States “has taken in 1,500 Syrian refugees so far”.
“Translated, this means ministers will call to apply a principle of “more for more and less for less”, a European diplomat said. But doubts are being cast on their workability.
Several countries, notably Germany and Austria, have reintroduced border checks with their neighbors in recent months in response to Europe’s largest influx of migrants and refugees in decades.
Any move to close the German border to migrants would require authorization from federal authorities in Berlin.
Mrs May urged Britain’s partners to take more refugees directly from camps outside Europe, in places such as Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan – which is Britain’s policy.
Streiter says coordination between ministries will be strengthened.
The Hungarian government has authorized allowing troops from countries in the European Union or North Atlantic Treaty Organisation to help defend the country’s borders in the midst of the migrant crisis.
Tomorrow the first planeload of people to take part in the EU’s relocation scheme leaves from Rome for Sweden.
“But… we can only offer space and support to refugees in need of protection if those who don’t need protection don’t come or are quickly returned”.
Advertisement
It says migrants “should be treated with humanity and dignity”.
