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Closure of Balkan refugee route deepens rifts in the EU - World Socialist Web Site

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Closure of Balkan refugee route deepens rifts in the EU
By Martin Kreickenbaum
16 February 2016

Diplomatic tensions between the EU member states are intensifying in the run-up to the meeting of heads of state and governments this week. The issue of what measures can better seal off Europe against refugees is further inflaming these conflicts.

While the countries of the “Visegrad Group,” consisting of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, together with Austria, are insisting on the complete closure and militarization of the Macedonian-Greek border in order to strand refugees in Greece. Germany, France and Italy, above all, reject such a step, which would mean the de facto exclusion of Greece from the Schengen Area.

#réfugiés #migrations #asile #balkans

European Union ends rescue mission for refugees - World Socialist Web Site
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By Martin Kreickenbaum
6 October 2014

The European Union (EU) is responding to reports of horrendous numbers of refugees drowned in the Mediterranean by limiting measures to rescue them as much as possible. European governments have refused to allow the Italian maritime surveillance mission, Mare Nostrum, to continue its activities under its own management. Instead, only a stripped-down operation will be undertaken and this will not involve sea rescues. This decision makes it clear that the EU prefers to let refugees drown unaided, rather than admit them into Europe.

When two refugee boats sank off the Italian island of Lampedusa exactly one year ago, resulting in the horrendous deaths of some 500 people, the European Commission pledged that such a disaster would not happen again.

#migrations #réfugiés #mare_nostrum #méditerranée

European Union increases border controls against asylum seekers - World Socialist Web Site

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European Union increases border controls against asylum seekers
By Martin Kreickenbaum
20 December 2013

The response of the European Union to the asylum-seeker tragedy in Lampedusa has been to further intensify immigration controls and delegate responsibility for deterring refugees to non-EU states that are notorious for their ruthless methods.

#migrations #asile #droit_d_asile #europe #ue

Germany: Pirate Party makes overtures to the far right - World Socialist Web Site

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▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/04/03/pira-a03.html

Germany: Pirate Party makes overtures to the far right
By Martin Kreickenbaum
3 April 2013

In the past few weeks, the far-right Pro NRW has conducted racist protests outside refugee camps in North Rhine-Westphalia as part of a campaign for a “people’s initiative against the abuse of asylum.” Their demands for a criminal offence of “asylum fraud” have received support from members of the Pirate Party.

#parti-pirate #extrême-droite