Calamos Supports Greece
GreekReporter.comGreeceGermany Launches Initiative for the Children of Greece's Moria Camp

Germany Launches Initiative for the Children of Greece's Moria Camp

Germany launches initiative for the unaccompanied children of Moria. Credit: Thanasis Voulgarakis/Greek Reporter

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Thursday the launch of a German-French initiative for the reception of unaccompanied refugee minors who had lived at the Moria camp prior to the devastating fires that destroyed it.
As thousands of asylum seekers spent a third night in the open on the island of Lesvos, Merkel told a panel discussion in Berlin that “as a preliminary step we are offering to Greece to accept refugees who are minors – other steps must follow.”
The European Union must “finally assume more shared responsibility” for migration policy, Merkel said.”Germany and France will surely join, and I hope other EU member states join too,” she added.
The Chancellor estimated that the Moria tragedy should propel EU countries to “finally,” as she pointed out, reach a common migration policy, which today “does not exist,” she noted.
Credit: Thanasis Voulgarakis/Greek Reporter

Margaritis Schinas, the European Commission Vice-President for Promoting the European Way of Life, who visited Moria on Thursday, said that “Moria is here to remind Europe that we need to change, as it is inconceivable that Europe does not yet have a single coherent migration policy.”
He announced that the new EU Pact on Migration & Asylum will be presented in September, by “which we want to put an end to this unacceptable situation” and said that it is no longer tolerable for some EU member states to carry a disproportionate burden for everyone else.
 
 

See all the latest news from Greece and the world at Greekreporter.com. Contact our newsroom to report an update or send your story, photos and videos. Follow GR on Google News and subscribe here to our daily email!



Related Posts