Hunting on refugees EU invests billions in the defense of the people. Still, thousands dare the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean By André Scheer NATO and the EU led or wage war in Libya, Mali, the Central African Republic, inflame conflicts such as in Syria. But people, who flee before, should not make it to Europe. The EU between 2007 and 2013 for the construction of fences, sophisticated surveillance systems and border controls alone has spent almost EUR 2 billion. This number is called the human rights group Amnesty International in a report under the headingthe human cost of fortress Europe «(the human price of fortress Europe) will be released today.» » It is dead, that the European Union puts billions into the foreclosure and spends a dime to save refugees in the Mediterranean together , said the Secretary General of Amnesty International in Germany, Salinas c. So far, especially the Italian Navy experiments with surgery» mare nostrum, to save shipwrecked refugees from the Mediterranean. Rome had started this after 360 children, women and men in the floods last October before the Mediterranean island of Lampedusa were drowned. The EU border Agency Frontex only limited assistance Rome, their task is not salvation, but the defense of the. Amnesty, however, calls for a sea rescue coordinated and financed by all EU countries. Amnesty agrees with the Italian Government. » This is an unbearable burden for a single EU Member State,said the Supreme Commander of the Italian Navy, Admiral Filippo Maria Foffi, the AFP news agency. Over 68000 people came according to Italian this year across the Mediterranean to Italy, while it had been 43000 throughout last year. 6000 of the children had been. No one counts those who lose their lives in the dangerous crossing. The Italian reception centres are overcrowded, the supply situation is described as disastrous. Minister of the Interior Thomas de Maizière (CDU) is mainly concerned, whether these people might reach after Germany. On the edge of the EU Interior Ministers meeting on Tuesday in Milan, he urged Rome to comply with EU asylum procedures. » Interesting is also that many of the refugees who arrive in Italy, do not stay in Italy, but a significant part in the Northern States of Europe , said the Minister. According to EU law, the Member State in which a person arrives, is responsible for examining an asylum application. There, then also the corresponding recording process would take place, said the Minister. «This as Dublin IIbecome known regulation was adopted in 2003 mainly due to pressure from the Federal Government. The promised themselves especially of that refugees can no longer come up after Germany. » The Dublin system leads to a grotesque erosion of the idea of protection in the EU asylum system, criticized the Bundestag Deputy Ulla Jelpke (the left) in March. «Instead of dealing with the often traumatised asylum-seekers escape reasons, the Federal Asylum Office checks above all the itineraries of refugees.» While the people who are to Europe, made it into the mills of the bureaucracy and between the Member States and be pushed, dare the journey across the Mediterranean further every day hundreds or thousands people or try in other ways, the limits to overcome. » Europe faces no legal way for seekers, to spare them the life-threatening boat passages,Pro Asyl criticized on the occasion of world refugee day on June 20. In the current report, Amnesty also criticized that the EU with neighbouring countries such as Turkey, Morocco and Libya cooperate to discourage refugees. The EU is trying to create a buffer zone around them. There the refugees rights be trampled but often: who is stuck in a transit country such as Turkey and Libya, has no access to the ordinary asylum procedure,said c.Refugees threatens the arrest in Libya there even torture.»
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 22:59:10 +0000
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