Nine EU members steer clear of the UN Global Compact for Migration
By LAURA CAT
VoiceOfEurope.com
20 December 2018
The UN General Assembly formally ratified the UN deal on migration on Wednesday 19 December. Of the EU members, three voted against, five abstained and one didn’t vote. The United States and several other countries also did not support it.
It was ratified with the support of 152 countries in favour, five nations – the United States, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Israel voted against it. There was a total of twelve who abstained, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy, Latvia and Romania and Slovakia did not vote.
Citizens of many of the countries responded with petitions demanding their leaders NOT sign this disastrous treaty. This would appear to be a treaty made by the elected leaders against the wishes of those by whom they were elected.
There were more than 50 delegations who gave explanations of their decisions.
Hungary’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Péter Szijjártó, asserted that the General Assembly was making a serious mistake ratifying “this unbalanced, biased and pro-migration document” stating that migration is “a dangerous phenomenon”. Mr. Szijjártó stressed that Hungary reserves the sovereign right to decide for themselves on migration and security measures.
To say the Migration Pact has been a divisive topic is possibly an understatement.
Belgium voted in favour of the treaty despite the Prime Minister Charles Michel being forced to resign last Tuesday as he lost his majority when coalition partner N-VA walked out over their being against the Migration Pact.
Whilst in Slovakia the foreign minister Miroslav Lajčák also resigned in November due to their parliament voting against the signing of the pact. The former foreign minister had helped write the initiative as president of the United Nations General Assembly in 2017.
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