The situation on the EU’s external border is precarious. Thousands of people are stuck there. Ex-Bundestag President Schäuble is in favor of allowing the migrants to enter the country for the time being.
The former President of the Bundestag German politican (CDU) has spoken out in favor of the one stuck on the Polish-Belarusian border Migrants a “provisional entry” into the EU to enable. “We need a quick, humanitarian solution for the desperate people who are abused by people smugglers and who persevere at the border under unworthy conditions,” Schäuble told the editorial network Germany.
“That means that we have to grant these people temporary entry into the EU and carry out orderly asylum procedures quickly in order to clarify their permanent status and to bring back those who have not been politically persecuted,” added the CDU politician.
A migrant with one child: At the border it has escalated at times. (Source: Maxim Guchek / BelTA / Reuters)
“Send a clear message”
“At the same time, we have to send the clear message that this is a unique and exceptional situation and that this humanitarian gesture is not a permanent alternative route to entry Europe “It is a matter of” maintaining an orderly procedure “and not losing control over immigration to Europe,” emphasized Schäuble.
In the border area between Belarus and Poland Thousands of migrants are currently stuck in freezing temperatures. The EU accuses the Belarusian rulers Alexander Lukashenko before, in retaliation for sanctions refugees smuggling from the Middle East to the EU’s external border. A police officer was seriously injured in violent confrontations on the border with Poland on Tuesday.
Röttgen criticizes Merkel’s phone call with Lukashenko
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) had called for a de-escalation of the situation the evening before in a phone call with Lukashenko. The CDU foreign politician Norbert Roettgen was critical of the phone call on Wednesday. “A price has been paid. By not continuing this ostracism, the non-recognition through non-communication at this point,” said the CDU candidate for chairmanship in the program “Frühstart” from ntv and RTL.
It is the policy of European Union After Lukashenko’s re-election last year, which was not recognized internationally, he no longer spoke to the ruler. The Chancellor had made a difficult personal assessment because the situation on the border between Poland and Belarus is actually dramatic, Röttgen said. He respected the decision to make the phone call. Read herewhat demands Lukashenko made in the conversation.
Poland’s Prime Minister Morawiecki for better border protection
In the Belarus crisis, Poland calls on the EU to resolutely protect its borders. “If we are not able to keep away thousands of immigrants now, then there will soon be hundreds of thousands, millions, who are coming to Europe,” said Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of “Bild” according to the preliminary report. His country is currently proving at the border fence with Belarus that effective border protection is possible. “Hardly anyone gets through, even though thousands try every night and every day.”
According to him, Germany in particular should have a special interest in protecting the EU’s external border on the Mediterranean Sea and in the east from immigration. With the actions of the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel in the refugee crisis of 2015, Morawiecki went tough. “That was a dangerous policy for Europe and for the world,” he criticized. “It endangered the sovereignty of many European states and created an artificial multiculturalism.”
Röttgen for punitive measures against Lukashenko
Röttgen called for further economic penalties against Lukashenko. The spiral of sanctions is “far” not yet exhausted. He again refused to allow Germany and the EU to accept migrants from the border area. One would not do them justice if one were to participate in Lukashenko’s “state-organized human trafficking”.
The medical organization IPPNW, however, demanded the immediate admission of the refugees. The NGO announced that the situation in the border area was “catastrophic” and several people had already died. “By refusing to take in those seeking protection, the EU is accepting more deaths,” said IPPNW board member Carlotta Conrad.