Migration and interior ministers from the Med 5 – Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain – who met in Thessaloniki, Greece Friday and Saturday hailed the new EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, asked 2 b
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“Before he talks about rape, he should study the European Treaty,” he said, adding that decisions on migration are taken on an enhanced majority basis. Hungary and Poland were the two dissenters at an EU summit in Granada, arguing for a tougher approach. “We are caught between the hateful shouters on the right and the naive people on the left who believe that any effort to guard borders violates human rights,” he said.
Schinas emphasized cooperation with the migrants’ countries of origin, including financial incentives. He said the countries should be made to understand that “if you cooperate with Europe, you gain; if you don’t, you lose.” He called this the “more for more and less for less,” approach.
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