Reefa Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 EU has two months to tackle migrant crisis. European Council President Donald Tusk has issued a stark warning that the European Union has "no more than two months" to tackle the migration crisis or else face the collapse of its passport-free Schengen zone. Tusk was speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday amid growing frustration in Brussels and Germany - the bloc's biggest economy and main destination for migrants arriving in Europe - that the EU seems unable to get its act together on its worst migration crisis since the Second World War. "We have no more than two months to get things under control," Tusk, who chairs the summits of EU leaders, said. "The March European Council (summit) will be the last moment to see if our strategy works. If it doesn't, we will face grave consequences such as the collapse of Schengen." The European Council two-day summit from March 17 will focus mainly on the migrant crisis. The Schengen system has already been suspended in some countries like Denmark, Germany and Sweden, which have introduced controls at their borders in order to stem the flow of migrant and refugee arrivals. Tusk said that EU governments have failed to deliver on commitments to curb the flow of refugees and migrants reaching Europe, with more than one million arrivals last year and figures showing little sign of decreasing over the winter months. A landmark deal with Turkey, which is meant to keep more people on its soil in exchange for funding for migrants and reviving its long-stalled EU membership talks, "was still to bear fruit", Tusk said. On creating the bloc's joint border guard - another measure to address the migration crisis - Tusk said he expected a political agreement between EU leaders when they meet for a summit in June. He said the EU would "fail as a political project" if it could not control its external borders properly. The crisis has exposed bitter disputes among EU countries, with some blaming Greece and Italy for letting too many people in. Athens and Rome say Germany's initial open-door policy encouraged more arrivals than anyone could cope with. http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/eu-has-two-months-to-tackle-migrant-crisis/news-story/f6dc042699ce7410ed0c92faa5a7455c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 21 minutes ago, Recruit said: Merkel invited them, so they can stay in Germany. Or come to England we don't mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Cameron will squirm in any position to keep more migrants out. And Merkel has no vision, never had. This is one time she made a quick decision instead of dodging. (The German language has a new verb 'to Merkel,' meaning to dither or to do nothing, until the problem passes'). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 18 hours ago, F3dupsk1Nup said: He said the EU would "fail as a political project" if it could not control its external borders properly. Already failed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted January 20, 2016 Administrator Share Posted January 20, 2016 18 hours ago, F3dupsk1Nup said: Or come to England we don't mind. Come to think of it. Many EU countries including Britain have openly accepted foreigners throughout the years if not decades. That's atleast from what I know. It's quite a good thing I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Humanly speaking, accept them and deal with the situation is better than let them down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallon Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 It's true that many EU countries including Britain have openly accepted foreigners throughout the years. The British are also known for their many opt outs and the present government has only mentioned small numbers. The French also want small numbers, because of their National Front Party. Denmark has opted out of the Migration policies. The Netherlands with little space may come to wish they had. Hungary, Poland and Slovenia are not on board right now. Protecting outside borders is not working at this point. We will see which countries will come to an arrangement to evenly take in legitimate refugees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flitox Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 2 hours ago, DKT27 said: Come to think of it. Many EU countries including Britain have openly accepted foreigners throughout the years if not decades. That's atleast from what I know. It's quite a good thing I think. looks like they somewhat have changed their policies the last few years. we have in here in Calais thousands of people that want to go to england but are stuck here in France, where they do not want to be cuz England do not want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bashar Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 As a Syrian, I used to look at our politicians (if we had any!) and wonder why we always had THE stupid people in power. I always thought that Europe was brought into modern day by good people in power. But after I saw what's going on in Europe (All Europe), I realize it's all same sh!t just a different taste. Europeans can't even agree if they want to have migrants/refugees or not for many years so how come do I expect a war to be solved in just 5 years. But it seems like an easy problem, when you receive people in Greece just put them in a big ship and send them back to Turkey. I think it's better than taking them with a frown face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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