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Crisis at the EU’s external border: Walter-Borjans demands rapid help

In a letter to Merkel, FDP chief Lindner demands renewal of the refugee deal

The FDP advocates a renewed EU-Turkey refugee agreement and also advocates the admission of children from refugee camps on the Greek islands. This emerges from a joint letter from FDP chief Christian Lindner and the North Rhine-Westphalian integration minister Joachim Stamp (FDP) to Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), which was available to the German press agency on Saturday.

In it, the two politicians advocate the establishment of an EU special representative and “immediate negotiations with Turkey” on “further development of the EU-Turkey refugee agreement”. It should be adapted to Turkey’s additional burdens. To do this, however, the first step would be to fulfill her obligations and take measures to prevent illegal border crossings. A future agreement should then not only allow the return of people who illegally came to Greece by sea, but also those who illegally crossed the land border.

At the same time, Lindner and Stamp are open to accepting children from the overcrowded refugee camps on the Greek islands: “In a first step, we propose to evacuate unaccompanied minors under the age of 14 as well as sick children and their families to Germany and other Member States; they would then go through an asylum procedure in the host country. In our view, further evacuations will only be considered after the EU-Turkey refugee agreement has been further developed so as not to send the wrong signals to people outside the EU. “

Lindner criticized the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It could not be that these people used political pressure. “We have to fight against that. We need better protection of the EU’s external borders. At the same time, we should talk to Turkey about a renewed refugee agreement. ”

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