MEPs URGE VON DER LEYEN TO ACT: The center-left Socialists and Share on Twitter Democrats group in the European Parliament is today asking Ursula von der Leyen to do more to prevent pushbacks of migrants in countries such as Greece and Poland. The group decries the “highly alarming systematic nature of pushbacks of vulnerable people, often involving violence,” in a letter signed by Chair Iratxe García Pérez, Vice Chair Simona Bonafè and member Birgit Sippel. The letter, which Playbook has obtained, is expected to be sent today.
Holding back the cash:
The S&D MEPs argue the EU should only disburse migration funds to countries that agree to. Set up an independent mechanism to monitor and avoid pushbacks of migrants” — as. The Commission has already proposed in the case of Greece. The bloc phone number library is divided on the issue — earlier this month, Playbook revealed 12 EU countries, including. Poland, Greece, Latvia and Lithuania, had asked the EU to fund a border wall and urged a rule-change to allow. Proportional” measures to deal with migrants. The S&D letter states: “Creating walls and isolating ourselves from our hong kong data closest neighbours should never be the way forward.”
Debate in Parliament:
MEPs will debate pushbacks with Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson in plenary today. That comes after Poland on Tuesday announced it had almost doubled the number of troops on its border with. Belarus, while Germany said it is deporting more migrants back to Poland.
Political context: Migration has again become a political hot potato, with. Belarus everything you need to know about funneling migrants from Turkey and other countries onto its borders with the EU’s. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. In response, Warsaw has established an “exclusion zone” along the border and imposed. A state of emergency, with journalists and foreign observers prevented from accessing the area. Seven migrants have died on the border so far.
