STATEMENT
The implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement is an insult for the human life and dignity
Athens 24 October 2018
With regard to the intensification of the problems in
the islands of Eastern Aegean, both concerning the inhumane living conditions
for refugees and the alarming increase of incidents of racism and intolerance,
that are taking place because of the implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement,
we repeat our standing position:
The dealing
with these problems which refugees face, making them
victims and hostages of the preventive policy that EU member states implement
and of the continuing tendency of banishment of the Refugee Issue in the
fringes of or even outside European borders, cannot have any other approach than:
·
The
abandonment of the EU-Turkey Statement and more importantly the abandonment of
the submission of refugees in conditions of endless detention and lock-in, that
have caused all the problems we witness the last few years.
·
The
reinstatement of human life and dignity in the center of the relative political
planning, in comparison to the current preventive policy and degradation of
human value.
·
The
strategic planning for the smooth integration of refugees throughout the Greek
territory, in a way that promotes the coexistence with local communities, instead
of making it difficult, like the current policy of prevention and ghettoisation
in distant camps of mainland.
The dealing of the problems that beset the refugee
population and have a negative impact in local communities, does not consist of
half-measures for the reduction of refugee population or for temporary
improvement of living conditions, or of course does not consist of the
criminalization of the solidarity towards refugees. The situation needs to be
confronted with the abandonment of the political implementation of the
EU-Turkey Statement, that is the main cause for the lock in of refugees in the
islands and the concomitant problems.
Signing
Organisations (in alphabetic order):
AITIMA http://www.aitima.gr
ARSIS - Association for the Social Support of Youth arsis.gr | arsis
Greek Council
for Refugees http://www.gcr.gr
Greek Forum of Refugees http://refugees.gr
Greek Helsinki
Monitor https://greekhelsinki.wordpress.com
Initiative for the Detainees’ Rights http://www.tokeli.gr
Refugees Support Aegean http://rsaegean.org
World without Wars and Violence http://www.kosmosxorispolemous.gr
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