“Wall Street Journal” reported that about 700 million euros over three years, the European Commission does not confirm this information.
The situation in Greece is becoming more dramatic, because Macedonia closed the borders and occasionally lets small groups of Syrians and Iraqis on its territory.
In the border zone the Greek side camped group of many thousands of refugees from Africa and the Middle East. Authorities in Athens warned that within a month there can be stuck 70,000 people.
Because of the problems, the European Commission has on Wednesday to propose the transfer of Greek humanitarian support.
– I do not want to talk about specific amounts, the decision commissioners – said a spokesman for the European Commission Margaritis Schinas.
to deliver humanitarian aid to Greece, you will need to transfer money from the envelope for humanitarian missions outside the Union in support of crises within the Community.
the Commission can only propose such a solution, and the final decision will take the EU countries.
a statement of Angela Merkel
Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that refugees can not freely choose the EU country in which they wish to apply for asylum.
After the meeting with the Prime Minister of Croatia Tihomir Oreszkoviciem head of the German government he said that the aim is to create a mechanism for the relocation of refugees coming to Greece in other European countries.
She stressed also that “a refugee has the right to say: I want to get asylum in a particular country European Union.”
According to the Chancellor of the current accumulation of refugees on the border between the Greek-Macedonian is not comparable to the situation September last year, when agreed to accept in Germany, thousands of refugees stranded in Hungary.
immigrants in Europe
Merkel pointed out that in recent months has been made to prepare to deal with hundreds of people coming every day to Greece. She pointed out that in Greece there are accommodation for refugees, so they should use them.
– We must deal with the difficult situation in Greece (…) and return to the Schengen system as soon as possible – said, .
In the last year, came to Germany more than 1.1 million migrants applying for asylum.
will use the army?
Oreszković said at a press conference after a meeting with Merkel, that it is possible to use the Croatian armed forces to control the influx of migrants.
– If you have to, we will use the army-activate this option – he said.
Reuters notes that last month the possibility of legal created Slovenia.
alarming figures of the United Nations
Since the beginning of the year came to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea more than 131,000 migrants and refugees. Has informed the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, which warns that Europe threatens a humanitarian crisis.
Migrants came more than in the first half of last year. Most of them come from Syria. More than 122 thousand. migrants shipped into Greece.
According to the Office of the High Commissioner, about 24 thousand. of them do not have a roof over your head. The UN agenda accused the governments of the European Union that foment chaos and approach to the crisis of migration in an erratic.
Source: RUPTLY / x-news
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