“A
terrible bazaar against uprooted refugees and immigrants”; that is
how the Communist Party of Greece characterizes the recent EU
Migration Summit. In a statement, among other things, the KKE points
out that “the dangerous decisions are summarized into more
entrapment of refugees and immigrants in Greece, more repression,
deportations and attack in the rights of immigrants and refugees,
countries-”storehouses” of immigrants, greater penetration of
european monopolies in third countries in the name of immigration
limitation”.
The
KKE statement also mentions:
“The
decision to “voluntarily” establish “controlled centers”,
that is detention centers, where rescued refugees and immigrants will
be transported, is the reproduction and worse development of the
unacceptable hotspots that exists in Greece's islands”.
“The
approach towards the so-called “secondary movements”, in simple
Greek, means even more strict implementation of the Dublin Regulation
and “returns” to Greece of refugees and migrants who moved to
other EU countries. Moreover, through the encouragement for “close
cooperation” among member states, the decision “opens the window”
for signing bilateral of multilateral agreements that will secure it.
An indication of that is the Prime Minister's statement that the
government is willing to sign a bilateral agreement with Germany on
fast-track “returns” to Greece of asylum seekers who were found
in Germany, as the Dublin regulation indicates.
The
KKE statement also writes: “The direction for the creation of
“disembarkation platforms” for immigrants in third countries,
combined with the decision to pay the second installment of 3 billion
euros to Turkey and 500 million euros to Africa, in general to
increase the private investment in Africa, consist a comprehensive
plan of political and economic interference project in third coutries
that is developing on the occasion of immigration, also on the basis
of EU's competition with other imperialist centers”.
“The
statements of satisfaction made by the Prime Ministers, both of the
Visegrad group of countries and the nationalists as well as from the
“cosmopolitans”, smashed the myth about EU's division between
“darkness and repression” on the one hand and solidarity on the
other. Despite any contradictions, the EU is one and becomes even
more reactionary and hostile for the people” writes the Communist
Party's statement.
The
KKE slams the Greek government, characterizing its position as
“provocative and hostile to the interests of both the Greek people
and the immigrants and refugees”, pointing out that “once again,
[the government] voted all the antipeople decisions of the Summit,
including the most strict implementation of the EU-Turkey agreement”
and that “at the same time, it is deeply into all imperialist plans
and has turned the country into a base for the imperialist
interventions in the region which cause mass uprooting and
immigration”.
