Tag: migrant crisis
Merkel's 'catastrophic mistake'
As a “catastrophic mistake” assessed US President-elect Donald Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open doors migration policy, letting to her country more than a million asylum-seekers from Middle East and Africa. The evaluation was made during a joint interview, published on Sunday, 15/01/2017. In the same interview given to the Times of London and German…
Belarus poltician slams EU relocation deal
The leader of Belarus National Front party (BNF) Alexei Yanukevich swiftly commented on plans of the Belarussian authorities to co-operate with the EU on migrants relocation. A year ago the BNF vocally protested against the possible arriving of refugees to Bearus relaxing the overflow to Europe. “We will monitor the situation”, – ensured Yanukevich, pointing…
UK: migration control prior to free trade with EU
The immigration control is prioritized by the UK citizens over the free trade with the European Union, showed the results of poll published this week, reflecting the vision of future of the majority of Britons ahead of the entering into ‘divorce’ negotiations. The launch of the negotiations has been postponed since the last year referendum,…
Malta EU presidency on migration
Managing migration crisis is a major focus of the upcoming upcoming Maltese presidency of the EU (2017). The Maltese politicians call for a ‘holisitc approach’, treating the root causes of the problem, but not only the consequences Europe experienced in 2016, when usual numbers of Africans illegally crossing Mediterranean have been at dramatic raise. As…
Migrant crisis: no consensus on asylum policy
The EU is looking forward to Malta presidency for finding consensus on common European asylum policy. Today’s Summit reconfirmed its committment to EU-Turkey agreement on migration, and pledged to continue supporting countries along Western Balkans migration route. The enhancement of EUNAVFOR operation Sophia in Mediterranean next to Libyan coast to block the business of smugglers…
Concluding 2016: upcoming EU Summit
The 15-16 December EU Summit will focus on issues of migration, security and Brexit in a separate informal meeting. The leaders will assess the situation on measures taken as a response to migrant crisis: the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement, progress on co-operation with selected African countries, and propose the guidelines for the…
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