15.01.2015, Deutsche Welle

EU refugee policy: every man for himself

Human traffickers continue to find new methods to take refugees to Europe. The EU's reaction is helpless, cold-hearted and not unified at all. "Europe has to get active," Avramopoulos (EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship) said. "We don't have time to lose." The responsibility lies with the member states, but each of them does their own thing when it comes to refugee policy. If there is coordinated action, it needs to cost as little as possible. The Dublin Regulation, which says that a refugee has to apply for asylum in the European country that she first sets foot in, only exists on paper. In reality, it has long collapsed. Europe needs quickly a new plan. read more

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Region(s): Europäische Union, Europa