“I appeal to all potential illegal migrants, regardless of their country of origin: do not come to Europe, do not believe smugglers, not risk lives and money,” – said Tusk after the meeting in Athens with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Ciprasem.
“It will not work. Greece and all the other European countries are no longer transit countries,” – he added.
Tusk visited Greece as part of a trip through the countries hardest experienced by the migration crisis. Yet on Thursday, has to go to Turkey, where approx. 1 million migrants infiltrated across the Mediterranean to Greece in the last 14 months. As emphasized by the President of the European Council, cooperation with Ankara to tackle the crisis, it is now a “top priority”.
set in November 2015 years agreement with the EU Turkey has committed itself to a more effective control of its border with Greece. In return, Ankara, Brussels promised 3 billion to be spent on improving the living conditions of the 2.5 million refugees from Syria who are present on the territory of Turkey.
Greek Prime Minister criticized some EU countries for reluctance to participate in the mechanism of relocation refugees and arbitrary closure of borders against migrants. He announced that scheduled for 7 March the EU-Turkey requests take sanctions of those EU countries that do not implement the decisions taken by the European Council.
“Greece in no way become a camp for the forgotten souls” – stressed Cipras.
According to the authorities in Athens in the country it stuck more than 25 thousand. migrants wishing to continue their journey north, and in March, this number could increase to 70 thousand. This is due to restrictions introduced first by Austria, and followed by other countries in the so-called. Balkan migratory route, where people coming through Turkey to Greece follow the west or the north of Europe. They have agreed that they will pass only 580 people per day, and tighten controls on its borders.
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