Migration minister urges Schulz to boost EP's role in refugee issue
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Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yiannis Mouzalas urged European Parliament President Martin Schulz to boost the body's role in the refugee issue, during a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.
According to a ministry press release, Mouzalas described the situation in Greece by asking Schulz’s support on the following issues:
-Ensuring the EU-Turkey deal is implemented by all sides as “it’s the only way for a legal and safe transport of refugees to Europe.”
-The relocation of refugees from Greece to other member-states, especially concerning unaccompanied minors, as the procedure essentially has stopped. By the end of 2016, 33,000 people must have relocated, but so far only 5,000 have done so.
-The resettlement of refugees for humanitarian reasons from Turkey to Europe so as to send the message of a legal transport to Europe.
-The creation of a European return mechanism – instead of the system implemented today, whereby each member-state returns people separately. This will facilitate the return of migrants to their country of origin.
-The amendment of the Dublin regulation concerning the asylum petition process in a way that doesn’t burden solely the countries of first entrance.
On his part, Schulz expressed his solidarity with Greece, noting that many member-states have essentially abandoned Greece, noting that authorities must speed up relocation. At t
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