Post by buccaneer on Feb 26, 2023 0:48:31 GMT
Building walls and barbed wire fences, the EU sets out to make Greece its primary prison for migrants.
euobserver.com/opinion/156728
Europe is stepping back from its core values of human dignity, human rights and the rule of law, which have been the building blocks of the political edifice of the EU.
The refugee-migration issue has dropped every façade, and bared the inhuman policy of 'Fortress Europe' for all to see. The erstwhile EU of solidarity is now openly discussing funding fences and walls.
And the countries of first reception are called upon to play the role of Europe's 'jailer.'
In Greece, the Mitsotakis government is aligning itself with this policy, eagerly contributing to the perpetuation of the impasse that is fuelling the criminal human-trafficking networks, providing Turkey with fertile ground to further instrumentalise the issue.
All this, while the European leadership continues to direct European funds to Erdogan.
And while the Berlin Wall, the gravest symbol of a divided Europe, has left significant scar tissue in the decades since its fall, the debate on whether the EU should rebuild walls and barbed wire fences to protect its external borders, has started up again.
And it goes beyond simple discussion. With varying degrees of outspokenness, the number of walls erected by the member states has been growing.
The Greek government, along with the governments of Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Latvia, Slovakia, Malta, Estonia and Austria, in a letter to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel, called for the EU to step up its anti-refugee policy with more border deterrence measures, including fences.
The refugee-migration issue has dropped every façade, and bared the inhuman policy of 'Fortress Europe' for all to see. The erstwhile EU of solidarity is now openly discussing funding fences and walls.
And the countries of first reception are called upon to play the role of Europe's 'jailer.'
In Greece, the Mitsotakis government is aligning itself with this policy, eagerly contributing to the perpetuation of the impasse that is fuelling the criminal human-trafficking networks, providing Turkey with fertile ground to further instrumentalise the issue.
All this, while the European leadership continues to direct European funds to Erdogan.
And while the Berlin Wall, the gravest symbol of a divided Europe, has left significant scar tissue in the decades since its fall, the debate on whether the EU should rebuild walls and barbed wire fences to protect its external borders, has started up again.
And it goes beyond simple discussion. With varying degrees of outspokenness, the number of walls erected by the member states has been growing.
The Greek government, along with the governments of Denmark, Lithuania, Latvia, Latvia, Slovakia, Malta, Estonia and Austria, in a letter to EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and European Council president Charles Michel, called for the EU to step up its anti-refugee policy with more border deterrence measures, including fences.
