Greek PM: : 'Looking forward to a credible deal to reduce migration flows'
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
Greece wants a credible agreement which will reduce irregular migration flows from Turkey towards the Greek islands, while creating a legal route for refugees to be relocated to the EU, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday arriving at the EU-Turkey summit meeting in Brussels on Thursday.
“I’m looking forward to a credible agreement today in order to try to reduce or to stop the illegal flows from Turkey to the Greek islands but on the same time to create a robust legal way for the refugees from Turkey to the EU,” the prime minister told journalists, noting that this means to create a credible mechanism for resettlements from Turkey to the EU.
Tsipras said he also hoped the decision that the EU will take will be in line with international legislation, the Geneva Agreement and the European acquis.
“And last but not least I’m waiting today to take a decision to assist Greece in these difficult circumstances, especially in our northern borders in Idomeni where we have to face a humanitarian crisis because of the unilateral actions in the Balkan route and I think this is the shame for our common culture,” he noted.
Tsipras said there must be a decision to deescalate the “bad situation” in northern Greece and to try to find a way to provide first aid and hospitality to the refugees, while at the same time to accelerate the relocation of these people so they can reach their destination.
