They’ll awfully appreciative of all the money the Bundesbank forwards to them — vis a vis the ECB — helping the great Spartans stay afloat amidst nationwide financial failure. But they can’t honor the Dublin agreement anymore. See, they like the agreement and think it’s just swell, but they simply cannot take in any more lads from war torn middled east.
They will, however, take in a morsel or two, symbolic persons of middle eastern decent, to show solidarity with their German friends.
Source: RT
“Greece is already shouldering a heavy burden,” Ioannis Mouzalas, the migration minister, said.
“We accommodate 60,000 refugees... and it would be a mistake to make Greece’s burden heavier by the revival of the Dublin agreement,” he said, also adding that Germany, the primary destination for most refugees, “wants countries where refugees arrive first to bear a large portion of the burden.”
Under the Dublin Regulation, the European state where the asylum-seeker first arrives in the EU is responsible for examining an asylum claim. Refugees are fingerprinted in their first country of arrival to ensure irrefutable evidence of their entry.
However, rights groups warn that imminent transfers from other EU countries back to Greece in line with the regulations are likely to cause more refugees than ever to go underground in western European countries, as many are desperate to stay there because of family links or successful attempts to start a new life. The scheme also adds even greater pressure to existing refugee facilities in Greece and beyond.
Asked if Athens is ruling out implementation of the Dublin Regulation, Mouzalas answered in the affirmative, adding, “I want the Germans to understand that this is not because of political or ideological reasons, or failure to appreciate Germany’s assistance.”
“Greece simply has no capacities to cope with additional arrival of refugees,” he said. “We’ve just pulled ourselves together, so please, don’t make us falter again.”
At this stage, Mouzalas said, Greece is ready to accommodate only a small number of refugees as a symbolic gesture, showing “that we’re not opposed to the Dublin agreement.” Greece “reached its limits” and “we can’t bring in a single refugee,” he reaffirmed, appealing “to the common sense of Europe.”
Hahahaha, fucking Greeks. What did you expect, Europe?
In other news, insane amounts of refugees are being rescued by Italy on a daily basis.
Over the past weekend alone, 1,200 migrants were picked up on crowded boats and dinghies — bringing the grand total of migrants rescued by Italy this year up to 22,000. An astounding 520 have died trying to make the cross.
“If the government does not decide to put a brake on these NGO boats, we will find ourselves overrun by tens of thousands of African immigrants by the end of the year,” lawmaker Paolo Grimoldi said.
Last year, Italy saw a record number of migrants entering the country, upwards of 200,000. Since 2014, more than 500,000 migrants have been absorbed into Italy. Sadly, last year alone, more than 5,000 perished trying to make the journey. That’s about 14 people per day.
Europe is finished.
Comments »
