Bring refugees from Greece yourself, Austria tells Merkel

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: The Local (German Edition)

With large numbers of refugees building up in Greece after Austria and western Balkan nations closed their borders, Vienna has put the ball in Germany's court.

Germany "should set up a daily quota and then bring these refugees directly from Greece, Turkey or Jordan," Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann told the Kurier newspaper on Wednesday.

"Austria cannot and must not become a distribution hub [for refugees]. There must be an end to that," Faymann went on.

He could not accept "that several thousands of people are waved through every day, on the other hand Germany informs us that today it will only allow 1,000 or 2,000 into the country."

Read more: http://www.thelocal.de/20160302/just-bring-refugees-straight-from-greece-austria-tells-merkel

[LittleGirl]

1. saw this yesterday

and thought the same thing...if Merkel agrees to take them in Germany, go pick them up in Greece or turkey or Jordan.
Why are these people having to walk? The humanity!

thanks for sharing.

[Yo_Mama]

3. The new proposal (worked out in talks between Turkey & Merkel) is that

Greece will return refugees who came from Turkey to Turkey, and Turkey will accept them in return for Europe importing an equal number from refugees in Turkey already. (Not the same people.)

The German idea is that the imported refugees will be split between European countries; many European countries are not signing on to this.

Also, Turkey wants billions from Europe.

The theory is that since going to sea and Greece only would get you transported back to Turkey, the number of refugees taking the risk to get to Greece would be greatly reduced.

[Mary Mac]

2. Merkel

If she picks them up, even more will walk I'm afraid.