Migrants MUST be sent home or Europe will collapse, says French PM finally
THE French prime minister today warned Europe can’t risk ‘destabilising’ itself by accepting every refugee leaving Syria and Iraq – as he warned those migrants who aren’t genuinely fleeing conflicts will be sent home.
By GREG HEFFER, POLITICAL REPORTER
Express.co.uk
Fri, Jan 22, 2016
Manuel Valls claimed the ongoing migrant crisis had put political union on the continent in “very grave danger” as he urged EU leaders to send a message that Europe “will not welcome all the refugees”.
Speaking at the Davos summit of world leaders and businesses in Switzerland, Mr Valls explained how a message from European politicians would be “shared on smartphones in the refugee camps of Libya” in a matter of “seconds”.
But the French politician refused to criticise Angela Merkel for initially welcoming every Syrian refugee into the EU, adding the German chancellor had “courage” to “welcome refugees in the name of values”.
More than one million people arrived on Europe’s shores by boat alone last year, with many more of those fleeing war and persecution across North Africa and the Middle East flowing into the EU across its land borders.
European politicians have so far failed to cope with the influx, with a controversial Brussels scheme for each EU member state to take a ‘quota’ of refugees having led to the resettlement of little more than 300 asylum seekers so far.
In an interview with the BBC, Mr Valls said: “We cannot say or accept that all refugees, anyone fleeing the terrible war in Iraq or Syria can be welcomed in Europe.”
The French PM said a “solution” was needed to end Syria’s brutal civil war while the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group would have to be destroyed in order to prevent the exodus from the Middle East.
Asked where the 2,000 refugees arriving daily in Europe daily should go before the conflict in the Middle East could be ended, Mr Valls replied: “You need hotspots, reception and registration centres and its (the EU’s) members to be much more active so we can register migrants and say that those who have the right of asylum will be welcomed and not the others.
“The others will be returned to their countries of origin.”
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