CDU bring refugee children from greek camps
Two German parties are at loggerheads over how to deal with overcrowded migrant camps in Greece. The Greens are urging the government to come to the aid of 4,000 children, while the CDU said it is "not a solution.
"Germany's interior ministry on Sunday rejected calls to grant asylum to refugee children currently living at overcrowded Sampson the Greek islands.
Christian Democrat (CDU) Günter Krings, who also serves as parliamentary undersecretary in the interior ministry, responded to the Greens' demand to aid thousands of children who are currently residing in the camps off the Turkish coast.
Krings told regional newspaper Rheinische Post that "unilateral admission campaigns for certain groups are not a solution.
"Green party leader Robert Habeck had asked the Berlin government to bring thousands of migrants from the Greek camps to Germany.
"Get the kids out first," Habeck told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Roughly 4,000 children, including "many girls, many fragile little people," are in need of urgent help and it is a "requirement of humanity," he insisted.
Krings, though, had a very different take on proceedings as he emphasized that helping from a distance was a more appropriate measure. The CDU lawmaker added that the acceptance of children by Germany would "bypass all European legal rules.
"And for the vast majority of people, they would not change the unacceptable conditions on-site," he added.
The MEP Stephan Mayer (CSU) expressed similar sentiments. "Germany went it alone at the moment, the other EU countries would avoid their responsibility," Mayer told the newspapers of
the Editor Network Germany (RND).
For the admission of unaccompanied minors, the interior ministry looking for a unified "solution at European level" and is making efforts in close collaboration with the EuropeanCommission to help solve the issue.
Just last week Greece said it expects a further influx of asylum-seekers in 2020, predicting up to 100,000 may arrive on its island from Turkey in the coming year.
"Germany's interior ministry on Sunday rejected calls to grant asylum to refugee children currently living at overcrowded Sampson the Greek islands.
Christian Democrat (CDU) Günter Krings, who also serves as parliamentary undersecretary in the interior ministry, responded to the Greens' demand to aid thousands of children who are currently residing in the camps off the Turkish coast.
Krings told regional newspaper Rheinische Post that "unilateral admission campaigns for certain groups are not a solution.
"Green party leader Robert Habeck had asked the Berlin government to bring thousands of migrants from the Greek camps to Germany.
"Get the kids out first," Habeck told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Roughly 4,000 children, including "many girls, many fragile little people," are in need of urgent help and it is a "requirement of humanity," he insisted.
Krings, though, had a very different take on proceedings as he emphasized that helping from a distance was a more appropriate measure. The CDU lawmaker added that the acceptance of children by Germany would "bypass all European legal rules.
"And for the vast majority of people, they would not change the unacceptable conditions on-site," he added.
The MEP Stephan Mayer (CSU) expressed similar sentiments. "Germany went it alone at the moment, the other EU countries would avoid their responsibility," Mayer told the newspapers of
the Editor Network Germany (RND).
For the admission of unaccompanied minors, the interior ministry looking for a unified "solution at European level" and is making efforts in close collaboration with the EuropeanCommission to help solve the issue.
Just last week Greece said it expects a further influx of asylum-seekers in 2020, predicting up to 100,000 may arrive on its island from Turkey in the coming year.
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