E.U. Deal With Turkey Legitimizes Far Right in Europe: Christopoulos
A year on from the controversial agreement aimed to halt refugee flows across the Aegean, leading human rights defender Dimitris Christopoulos talks to Refugees Deeply about its impact in Europe and beyond.
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E.U. Deal With Turkey Legitimizes Far Right in Europe: Christopoulos
A year on from the controversial agreement aimed to halt refugee flows across the Aegean, leading human rights defender Dimitris Christopoulos talks to Refugees Deeply about its impact in Europe and beyond.
Christopoulos: They are legitimizing the core political positions of the far right here in Europe. I talk to people all over the E.U. who know that this deal is extremely problematic operationally, legally and morally. But they say it is necessary to prevent the radicalization of the people. But this kind of deal today with the Turks, tomorrow with the Libyans and afterward with the Afghans, means radicalization is legitimized because, after all, you sink to using the same premises as the fascists. If I say the condition to avoid fascism is to avoid refugees then I’m sorry, I already became the beast I’m supposed to fight against.
