Τετάρτη 11 Νοεμβρίου 2015

Malta: "Problem throughout Europe refugee flows

Malta: "Problem throughout Europe refugee flows

By working dinner continues the Summit of Valletta on Migration with the participation of the member states of the EU and a number of African countries, and Thursday the agenda of the informal EU summit will focus at European level for the management of refugees. The issue of refugee and migration flows, is a matter for the EU as a whole will highlight the Prime Minister at the summit on migration and refugee flows to Europe. Also, it should also point out that there should be a comprehensive policy to address trafficking networks.

According to government sources, the Greek government will be there as peak the upcoming trip of the Prime Minister to Turkey next week. On "this indicated that the Greek side wants to go there, put on the EU agenda, hear what he has to say the Turkish side and what wants and then to Greece to play a role in preparing the EU-Turkey meeting to be held.
The same sources indicate that Greece is claiming an active role in the EU's negotiations with Turkey on the issue of management of appealed flows. Greece has the opportunity on behalf of the European Union to discuss the Turkish positions, stressed the same sources.

During the same information, Alexis Tsipras is expected to have on Thursday morning on the sidelines of the Summit, a bilateral meeting with President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis. According to the same sources, topic of their meeting will be the refugee, the coordination for the informal meeting and the journey of the Greek Prime Minister to Turkey. Moreover, in the margins of the Summit, the Prime Minister will have a bilateral meeting with the President of the Swiss Confederation, Simoneta Somarougka, designed to promote mutual cooperation in financial and tax matters.

Central positions of the Greek side is to make Turkey the identification and resettlement of refugees in EU countries in order to stop the daily risk and the daily drama of loss of life in the Aegean Sea, and also to better guard its borders . Tis these positions already expressed by the Greek Government, through the Prime Minister, and according to the same sources, this issue will be very high on the agenda of the talks will have on Turkey next week. From its part, Turkey has made the following positions: relaxation of visa, acceleration of accession negotiations with the EU funding for the management of refugee flows and launching an EU-Turkey meetings process. Please note that the funding requested is of the order of 3 billion., While the Fund is expected to be announced at the Summit of Valletta to tackle the economic and other problems that lead people to leave African countries, whose initial amount only 1, 81 bn. euros.

Note that at the informal meeting, will be present and the President of the European Commission, France Timmermans, returning from his trip to Turkey.

Regarding the work of the Summit on Immigration that after tonight's dinner continue tomorrow to put him Alexis Tsipras, is expected to deliver its basic position that Greece is at the center of three crisis-for which it has repeatedly speak prothypourgos-, that receives pressure from refugee flows and struggling to manage them in the direction of solidarity and values.

At the meeting on Migration, which is done with the participation of EU member states and a number of African countries, the main contradiction is between Africa and Europe. According to information, the holding of the Summit was the pursuit of Italy to make the immigration issue (pp itself acknowledges migration from Africa) as a problem for the EU as a whole. Greece aims to make migration and refugees as a problem for the EU and the Mediterranean as a whole, and agrees with the position that we need to highlight that there is a migration portal and refugee flows to Europe not only from Africa but also from Turkey.

At the Council voted on the text of conclusions and an action program. Regarding the point about tackle exploitation and migrant smuggling, according to government sources, Greek position is that the deal should not be limited to the local level, but that there should be a comprehensive treatment of trafficking networks. According to information, discussing with colleagues, Mr. Tsipras had intended to highlight other aspects, such as that it should when made approaches for the management of the immigration and refugee will have to deal with two things, regional conflicts and poverty and misery in the countries of origin. Any effort to radically address the issue should focus on those causes. Additionally, it should set and that there should be a road grace that bind each country to common principles.

Message of unity to all European leaders

"We need to join forces, both countries of origin and destination countries", said at the opening session of the summit of heads of state of the two continents, Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat, who described the meeting that " an unprecedented occasion (countries) to work together. "

African and European countries have "common interest" to reduce refugee flows, noted by Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. The European Union must help Africa and "Africans must help us to reduce migration flows or possibly stop them," he said.

On his part, the President of France Francois Hollande raised from Valletta issue of European aid for the development of Africa as a primary in efforts to manage migration flows and called on African countries to increase their efforts to dismantling networks of traffickers.

"The only way to manage this phenomenon is to do it together," said the head of European diplomacy, Federica Mogkerini.
The Fund for Africa, with cash of 1.8 billion. Euros, which is expected to be ratified in Malta, "one of (necessary) tools" but "it is not just about money," he said.

The action plan is expected to reach the summit would "fight irregular migration and contribute more to offer additional legal possibilities (refugees and migrants) to start working in Europe" promised on the part of Chancellor Angela Merkel Germany .

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