The United Nations wonders if the preliminary agreement the European Union with Turkey does not violate international law.
At the summit in Brussels, EU leaders agreed initially on the return to Turkey of economic migrants and refugees who illegally got into Europe. In return, the countries of the Community would accept refugees who are now in Turkey and the Union agree to ease visa rules for Turks. Details have to be worked out and approved in the next week.
You need a strong, international decisions
The head of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees in Europe Vincent Cochetel press conference in Geneva he said that the agreement with Turkey is a serious concern. – European Convention on Human Rights prohibits the collective expulsion of aliens. The agreement, which would be tantamount to passing foreigners to third countries is incompatible with European and international law.
According to Cochetela, the draft agreement is not sufficiently balanced and does not protect refugees who have fled their countries in fear of armed conflict.
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Sam United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi appearing in Strasbourg at the European Parliament called history seeking refuge Syrian, had spoken a few days ago in the camp on the island of Lesbos.
During the trip was robbed and raped by smugglers . The Commissioner stressed that such individual human dramas are there everyday. He appealed to prevent them. He noted that on other continents, countries with far fewer resources from Europe, able to take on more people forced to leave their homes.
The Commissioner stressed the need for a consensus, the political leadership and decisive international decisions.
“faults and legal errors moral”
on the other hand, Amnesty International said in a statement wrote that the EU plan includes not only the fault law but also mistakes moral.
effects summit in Brussels also criticized by Human Rights Watch, which said in a statement wrote, they are inconsistent with EU legislation giving the right to seek refuge. According to Human Rights Watch, the promise of taking the Syrians from Turkey in exchange for each excretion, and illegal refugee is based on weak fundamentals, because as far from the 22,000 migrants who are in Europe, able to relocate only 800 people.
the European Commission claims that the details of the agreement, which will be determined before the next summit will be in line with European and international law. He assured the spokesman for the European Commission Alexander Winterstein.
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“Greece avoided a national catastrophe”
So the outcome of the Greek experts comment. They add, however, that Turkey is the biggest winner.
Politicians and journalists in Greece emphasize that the lack of provision in the document from the top of the closure of the Balkan route is very important for Athens. Its inclusion would be a diplomatic defeat for the country. They ask, however, what will happen to the thousands of migrants at the border with Macedonia, the skin is, the practice remains closed.
They also feel it is very important preliminary agreement the EU and Turkey are taking it back illegal migrants, but they have serious doubts as to how it will be done. They wonder, how has it come to this, as most EU countries do not want to accept refugees.
Thousands of migrants on the border between the Greek – Macedonian
still waiting for the opening move. In the Idomeni is about fourteen thousand refugees.
The area near the border turned into a big mud puddle after heavy rain that fell during the night. Migrants trying to keep warm and dry, so they burn plastic bags and things, because the wood is damp. Most of them have no change of clothes, a lot of it is przeziębionych.
There are among them many children, because the tents which sleep are thin and do not protect against cold or rain. For many days, they eat only dry eatables, after which waiting for hours in line.
Migrants who crossed the border were turned back and complain also that they were kicked and hounded by the Macedonian police dogs. They showed in front of TV cameras bites police dog. One of the refugees was taken to the hospital.
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On the border of the Greek – Macedonian still come new migrants. Many of them hoped that Monday’s talks in Brussels on the crisis migration will lead to the opening of the border.
“The summit went forward to solve this problem”
Brussels sees the findings of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the head of the German government, before the next EU summit on the issue next week you can explain the “single details” and well, that the EU has reserved itself for a few days time, “since this is after all also a very complicated matter.”
Merkel did not rule out that the proposed solution to the Syrians could be extended to refugees from other countries. – As for the Iraqis, we must once again consider whether there as well go in the direction of quotas, it is subject to our European decision – she noted.
The European process is admittedly tedious and also “collapsed individual decisions, which do not recognize for good, which also led to loads of Greece “- declared the head of the German government, while expressing the belief that the EU as a whole reached here progress.
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EU and Turkey They agreed on the night of Monday to Tuesday in Brussels that will work on a new plan to stem the tide of migration. According to the head of the European Council Donald Tusk, these plans can bring a breakthrough in the fight against the crisis of migration. Detailed proposals will be worked out before the summit scheduled for March 17-18.
Turkish plan envisages: repatriation of all persons przeprawiających illegally from Turkey to the Greek islands (the Syrians); acceleration of visa liberalization for Turkish citizens, so that in June the decision was made to abolish visas; speeding up the payment of 3 billion euros to help refugees in Turkey, and providing additional financial assistance for this purpose in the amount of the 3 billion after 2018 years; preparation for the opening of five new chapters in the negotiations on Turkey’s accession to the EU; the possibility of creating a “safer” areas in Syria; resettlement of refugees directly from Turkey to the EU according to the formula that as one of the returned immigrant Syrian from Greece to Turkey, the EU will adopt a Syrian with Turkish refugee camps.
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