EU must help Greece over refugees and 'reinstate Schengen', says Merkel
Angela Merkel has called for a return to Europe’s Schengen system of open borders as soon as possible.
The German chancellor said the pictures of desperate migrants trying to reach western Europe via the Balkans showed the urgency of next Monday’s EU summit.
It comes as one by one, countries have been closing their borders or restricting access to refugees – with the domino effect putting enormous pressure on Greece to the south.
“I made clear again that Germany supports what we agreed on at the last EU summit on February 18, that we want to reinstate Schengen,” said Merkel, after meeting the Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic in Berlin.
But conscious of the numbers Germany has taken in, she added: “We want to end the policy of waving through. Asylum seekers also have no right to choose the country in Europe where they ask for asylum.”
Under EU law, the member state responsible for examining an asylum seeker’s claim is usually supposed to be the state through which the
The German chancellor said the pictures of desperate migrants trying to reach western Europe via the Balkans showed the urgency of next Monday’s EU summit.
It comes as one by one, countries have been closing their borders or restricting access to refugees – with the domino effect putting enormous pressure on Greece to the south.
“I made clear again that Germany supports what we agreed on at the last EU summit on February 18, that we want to reinstate Schengen,” said Merkel, after meeting the Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic in Berlin.
But conscious of the numbers Germany has taken in, she added: “We want to end the policy of waving through. Asylum seekers also have no right to choose the country in Europe where they ask for asylum.”
Under EU law, the member state responsible for examining an asylum seeker’s claim is usually supposed to be the state through which the
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