Concerns rise amid migrant uptick, news of German plan to pressure Greece
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[quote]The steady increase in refugee and migrant arrivals from neighboring Turkey to the Aegean islands fueled concerns in the ranks of the government on Friday amid reports that German authorities have a contingency plan to apply pressure on Greece in the event of the collapse of a deal between Ankara and the European Union to curb migration.
The report in weekly news magazine Der Spiegel indicates that Berlin has drafted a plan B to deal with the fallout of a possible collapse of the Turkey-EU migrant pact.
Citing a non-paper issued by the German government, Der Spiegel reveals a contingency plan foreseeing the possible application of economic pressure on Greece to oblige it to cooperate more closely with the EU’s monitoring agency Frontex in policing the bloc’s external borders.[/quote]
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Can't find the original Spiegel source, they may not have translated their article to English yet.
For reference, the previous time Greece was pressured to "work with Frontex" the plan was literally to install Frontex sentries on Greece's [i]northern[/i] borders. Not even kidding.
Jaysus. I want to help the refugees and ensure they're able to come into Europe, but putting pressure on Greece to take most of the burden is simply wrong. It can't handle it - I'd also argue to a large extent Italy can't handle the refugees coming to it by sea either. The refugees need to be more spread about the EU, and I wish we were taking more in Ireland especially since we're beginning to get a grip on our housing crisis.
Horrible, horrible situation all round.
[QUOTE=BlackMageMari;50915332]The refugees need to be more spread about the EU, and I wish we were taking more in Ireland especially since we're beginning to get a grip on our housing crisis.[/QUOTE]
Do note that a relocation of about 120.000 asylum seekers was agreed a year ago, but it hasn't really been seriously enforced. It's probably easier (or at the very least, the default response) to use the stick on Greece rather than the Visengrad group.
I'd like to see them try to pull similar shit with Italy, I rather doubt they are going to take it lying down.
Even if the Greek government did bow down to this they wouldn't bother doing a very good job with it, just like everything else they've been doing since the monarchy was abolished. This is aside from the fact that they wouldn't even be capable of doing it properly in the first place. Sure, this is finally a good use for Greece's ass-backwards conscription laws (assuming they use the recruits to aid in these areas), but it's not like it will help them out of the crisis.
EDIT: Phaedon is correct
I can't wait to read about the refugee crisis in history ebooks in 20 years, and see it described as the worst humanitarian failure in recent history. And it's all because nobody can take some fucking responsibility.
Build a fence in Greece, and give all the unemployed folks there a job of guarding the border from any migrants.
Send all the migrants back to Turkey, and let their shitty government collapse under the burden.
ahh the EU, the only organization that can fuck up a bunch of countries and give them the blame
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;50922847]Build a fence in Greece[/quote]
Holy shit, how can you be so geographically illiterate?
[quote]and give all the unemployed folks there a job of guarding the border from any migrants. [/quote]
The relatively tiny strip of land bordering Greek-Bulgarian and Turkish borders is already maintained by professionals, thank you very much.
[quote]Send all the migrants back to Turkey, [/QUOTE]
Did you miss the part of the article where pressuring Greece is the contingency plan for the Turkish deal failing?
If there's no deal, forcing Turkey to accept asylum seekers back (while they as a country already host multiple times what the EU does) is a fantasy.
[quote]and let their shitty government collapse under the burden.[/quote]
Which would have no adverse consequences for Greece or for Europe at all, right?
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