EU: Five Steps to Tackle Refugee Crisis
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Published: 04/09/2015 |
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The European Union and its 28 member states should act immediately to address the human rights crisis resulting from years of mismanaging migration and asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. With a humanitarian crisis on the Greek islands, a dysfunctional asylum system in Hungary, thousands of new arrivals in need of protection, and many deaths at EU borders, bold steps are needed at an EU summit on September 14, 2105.
“Europe is showing a staggering lack of political will and humanity to grapple with this refugee and migrant crisis,” said Judith Sunderland, associate Europe and Central Asia director. “EU leaders should be guided by the imperative to protect lives and ensure humane treatment.”
Human Rights Watch calls on all EU decision-makers at a minimum to support:
1)More safe and legal channels for people to seek asylum or find refuge in the EU
2) Fixing the EU’s broken asylum system.
3) Robust search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean
4) A permanent relocation scheme to share asylum seekers
5) Develop a list of “unsafe” countries
Read more: Human Rights Watch, 04/09/2015
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