Friday, September 4, 2015

UN Calls for Mass Migrant Relocation Program

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has called on the European Union to admit up to 200,000 refugees for a "mass relocation program" to ease the flood of migrants appearing at EU borders looking for shelter.


Antonio Guterres released a statement Friday asking the EU to implement a program that would require participation of all European Union states to help refugees with a valid need for protection.
Guterres said the refugee crisis will be a "defining moment" for the European Union. He said an EU divided on the issue will benefit only smugglers and traffickers.

Refusal to discharge
Meanwhile, in the Hungarian city of Bicske, hundreds of refugees are refusing to get off a train they boarded in Budapest hoping to travel to Germany, which has announced it will take up to 800,000 applications for refugee status. Hungarian authorities insist they must register the migrants according to EU regulations.

 
Officials in Bicske say only about 16 people have exited the train voluntarily to be registered at a refugee camp, while hundreds of others remain on the train, chanting "no camp" and "Germany, Germany."

Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq have been taking desperate steps since January to reach the European Union, trying to escape war and poverty for safety and opportunity.

Greece and Italy have been the first stops for many of the migrants after making the dangerous crossing over the Mediterranean...
  voanews.com
4/9/15
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