The Europeans have agreed with the Turks to replace illegal immigrants, who will now be deported to Turkey, with up to 3 million Syrians who are presently in Turkey. They will pay Turkey for this, but they will not compensate Syria. This is a racist agreement, with built-in discrimination and screening, that will refresh Europe's ageing workforce with cheap-labour Syrians, effectively stolen from Syria by war. Syrians are preferred by Europeans because they look "white", and can easily pass for "white" (as Lebanese did in racist South Africa). See also the article in today's Morning Star, "Bosses Want Refugees for Cheap Labour". _____
RT.png 'Not consistent with international refugee law' UN lambasts EU-Turkey deal The UN refugee agency has criticized the deal struck between the EU and Ankara which seeks to send refugees back to Turkey. The UNHCR says the agreement will expose migrants to huge risks, as well as break EU and international laws on the right to protection. Ankara offered to take back all those who cross through its borders into the EU, while resettling the same number of Syrian refugees in the EU. In return in asked for billions more in cash, as well as expedited talks on EU membership and a rapid implementation of visa-free travel. The 28 EU members agreed and the decision is set to be completed by March 17-18, pending more work by officials. But according to the UNHCR, the decision is a "quick fix" that will create a fragmented flow of refugees all trying to find ways back into the EU. Speaking at a UN briefing on Tuesday, Vincent Cochetel, the UNHCR Europe Bureau Director, stressed that "collective expulsion of foreigners is prohibited under the European Convention on Human Rights. An agreement that would be tantamount to a blanket return of any foreigners to a third country is not consistent with European law, is not consistent with international law." Another key problem associated with the decision, according to the UNHCR, is that the refugee flow would be fragmented, resulting in disparate groups that are all trying to return to the EU."As long as the conflict is not solved, it's a myth to believe that the people will not try to leave. It may dissuade some people from leaving through that route, but it won't dissuade everybody." On Europe's commitment and its implementation so far, Cochetel believes the objective of resettling 20,000 refugees in the space of two years on a voluntary basis is still "very low," not to mention Europe's failure last September to relocate some 66,000 refugees from Greece. In fact, it failed on an epic scale, managing to relocate only 600, according to Cochetel's previous statements. Three million Syrians While Turkey currently hosts three million Syrian refugees - the largest number worldwide - its current acceptance rates for those from Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan are also "very low," the UNHCR director told Swiss radio RTS, as cited by Reuters. From: https://www.rt.com/news/334905-un-eu-turkey-deal/ -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
