“There is no closing EU borders issue” clarified European Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos in an interview with private TV MEGA noting that Greece is not alone in the crisis management of the refugees issue.
“The countries must assume their responsibilities. If Schengen collapses then the whole European construction will start collapsing” stated Avramopoulos underlining that a discussion on Schengen will not open.
The Commissioner said that a large number of countries criticize Greece on the delays in the construction of the hotspots “According to government’s commitments there will be joint staff in five entrance gates that will evaluate each case independently and will give the data they collect to the European authorities to use them for the relocation process. If all these had been done from the beginning we would not have come across last summer’s incidents” he said and clarified that Europe supports Greece. “Greece is moving fast in the last period” he said and reminded that in four weeks the Greek government must present what it has done at the EU Summit.
“At this moment and under the pressure of the crisis that Europe is facing, we all have huge responsibilities to safeguard this achievement” he noted.
(source: ana-mpa)
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