Τετάρτη 28 Οκτωβρίου 2015

At least 700,000 refugees have crossed the Mediterranean this year

At least 700,000 refugees have crossed the Mediterranean this year




The refugee crisis has pushed since January more than 700,000 people to leave their homes and go to Europe via the Mediterranean will worsen, yesterday warned the European Council President Donald Tusk, endangering the already fragile cooperation between member countries EU.

Sign of concern of European leaders is the fact that French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the refugee issue on the agenda of the bilateral meeting, which was also dedicated to Syria, which was held yesterday in Paris.

The two leaders "have exactly the same views on the issue of refugees, about what should be done at the political level and in relation to the means necessary for countries that are at the forefront" of the refugee crisis, stressed environment Hollande.

This year 705 200 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean, according to the latest figures from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR): 562.355 people arrived in Greece and 140,000 in Italy. In Greece 64% of refugees are Syrians.

And 'the situation will further deteriorate, "he warned Tusk during the debate held yesterday at the plenary of the European Parliament by referring to" a new wave of refugees from Aleppo and areas bombard the Russians to Syria, "where displaced" More than 100,000 "people.

The refugee crisis could "cause an earthquake on the European political scene," calling into question the principle of free movement, he stressed.

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