“I personally consider it wrong when NGOs are involved in the illegal transportation of people to Europe. They only give rise to false hopes and, perhaps, inadvertently involve even more people in danger, ”RIA Novosti quotes Kurtz.
He stressed that as long as the rescue in the Mediterranean Sea will be associated with obtaining a ticket to Central Europe, "more and more people will go on the road."
“If we guarantee that anyone who goes illegally (to Europe - RT ) will be returned to the country of origin or to the country of transit, we will stop illegal migration, destroy the business of smugglers and, most important, put an end to the fact that people are in the Mediterranean, ”added the former chancellor.
Earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, Jean Asselborn, said about the threat of a wave of migrants to the EU in case of aggravation of the situation around Iran.
Also in April, the German government adopted a package of laws to facilitate the procedure for the deportation of migrants who were unable to obtain the right of permanent residence in the country.