20 JUNE WORLD REFUGEES DAY THE RIGHT TO PROTECTION FOR ALL
Türkçe English Deutsch Italiano Français Ελληνικά Kurdî Español 20 JUNE WORLD REFUGEE DAY: THE RIGHT TO PROTECTION FOR ALL The motto of this year's World Refugee Day is the right to protection for all. The right to protection for everyone who has to flee from hunger, war, environmental disaster, political repression! At a recent meeting of European Union foreign ministers, an agreement was reached that virtually abolishes the right to refuge. According to this agreement, refugees arriving in EU countries will be held in camps at the borders and initially processed there. It is almost certain that the vast majority of their applications will be rejected. In addition, Tunisia, the point of departure for the majority of refugees from Africa, was offered a large sum of money to prevent refugees from crossing the Mediterranean to the EU countries. This practice is not new. Turkey has been receiving EU funds for the same purpose for years. This payment has two purposes: Firstly, to enable Turkey to hold refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and to a lesser extent from other countries and to prevent them from crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece. The second is to fulfil some of their needs, such as education and, to some extent, health, while they are in Turkey as guests (there is no refugee law in the country). If none of their needs are met, people will inevitably pile up on the Aegean coast. Land crossing to Bulgaria and Greece is not possible. A few days before the World Refugee Day, a tragedy occurred in the Mediterranean Sea. A large boat carrying about 750 refugees capsized and sank. The death toll is unknown, but is estimated at least 500. According to the testimony of those who were rescued alive, the boat was towed away from the territorial waters of Greece by the Greek coastguard and sank in the process. Refugees trying to reach an EU country by sea first choose Italy and then Greece. Travelling to Spain and Malta is not possible. It has been reported several times in the newspapers that Frontex, the organisation in charge of protecting the EU's borders against refugees, has forced boats full of refugees to turn back. Germany takes in the largest number of refugees of any EU country. Chancellor Scholz recently said: "Germany has no coastline in the Mediterranean, but the most refugees come here." Germany is almost full because it has already taken in more than a million Ukrainians. They do not have to apply for refugee status, but they are entitled to their rights. Germany is also experiencing the highest inflation rate in its history. One might ask what is called a solution. There is no solution to the refugee problem. "Open the borders" is not a solution, on the contrary it leads to the hostility of the local population towards the refugees. In Germany, which has received the largest number of refugees, attacks on refugee accommodation have increased, but there is no general hostility towards refugees. In Greece in previous years, refugees arriving by sea from Turkey were crowded on several islands and caused a reaction among the islanders. People want a better life. They learn about life in the EU countries (and also in the USA, Australia, Japan and Switzerland) on the Internet. Everyone has relatives in these countries. They get detailed information about the country they want to go to. The only solution to the refugee crisis is a radical change in the international economic order, and this cannot be achieved by progressive governments in a few countries. For more information on refugee change, the reader can consult the book Refugees-Migrants. It is available as an e-book at www.enginerkinerkitaplar.blogspot.com. It is useful to copy the address and search for it.
