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Reuters ANNEGRET HILSE
Friedrich Meretz, a candidate for the presidency of the German Christian Democrats, to which Chancellor Angela Merkel is affiliated, opposed admitting new refugees from camps in Greece or Bosnia.
In statements to the German “Funke” group, Meretz said: “The entire European Union is specifically obligated to assist refugees in their sites in the Balkans or on the Greek islands, and this humanitarian catastrophe cannot be solved by Germany receiving everyone … This path is no longer open.”
Meretz stressed, “The need for Europe to conclude agreements with countries of arrival or transit countries in order to prevent irregular and life-threatening migration across the Mediterranean.”
“The clear message to refugees and smugglers’ organizations is that this matter is life threatening, and it will not work,” he added.
Meretz called for “a more aggressive deportation than in previous years,” and added, “There are cases of refugees that Germany will not be able to deport at the present time.”
He added, “In Syria, for example, there are legal, humanitarian, as well as realistic obstacles, due to the lack of open air routes and land routes, and therefore deportation to it will not be possible except in individual cases.”
Source: “Anatolia”
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