EU refugee acceptance burden debate rekindled Greek refugee camp fire on September 17, 20:21
Many refugees and migrants lost their place of life in the fire at Europe's largest refugee camp on the island of Lesvos, Greece, and the EU-European Union has renewed debate about the burden of refugee acceptance countries. I am.
A fire broke out on the 8th of this month at Europe's largest refugee camp on the island of Lesvos in eastern Greece, losing a place for refugees and migrants from the Middle East and around 13,000.
The EU has asked each country to accept refugees, but Germany has responded to more than 1,500 people, and France has limited to 100 children without parents, and sufficient support has been obtained from each country. The current situation is that it has not been done.
In response to this, EU President Michelle urgently visited a refugee camp that had a fire on the 15th, and then asked each country to accept it again, saying "I want you to support the efforts of the Greek government", and debate over the refugee issue. Is rising again.
Regarding the acceptance of refugees, the EU has a rule that the country where the person seeking protection arrives accepts refugee applications, so Greece and Italy, which are the gateways to Europe, have become more dissatisfied with the heavy burden. It was.
For this reason, EU Chairman Von der Leyen announced on the 16th that he would propose a new system to review the rules next week.
However, Poland and Hungary have refused to accept it, and other countries have been reluctant, so it is unclear whether the EU will proceed as expected.