Published : 31-05-2017
AGPS, London
Greece and Germany have agreed to slow the reunification of refugee families pided between the two nations during their scramble to safety, according to a leaked letter published on Monday.
"Family reunification transfer to Germany will slow down as agreed," Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas wrote to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere in a May 4th letter obtained by leftist daily Efimerida ton Syntakton.
The Greek migration ministry declined to comment, but earlier this month Mouzalas said the slowdown was due to "technical difficulties."
In the letter, Mouzalas reportedly acknowledges that the move - enacted because of the sheer volume of asylum requests - will affect "more than two thousand people" while some "will have to wait for years" to reach Germany even though their requests have been approved.
Ulla Jelpke, a deputy of German far-left Party Die Linke, earlier this month said Berlin had capped the number of refugees eligible for reunification at 70 people per month.
Accordingly, Efimerida ton Syntakton said there were 70 transfers in April compared to 540 in March and 370 in February.
AGPS, London
Greece and Germany have agreed to slow the reunification of refugee families pided between the two nations during their scramble to safety, according to a leaked letter published on Monday.
"Family reunification transfer to Germany will slow down as agreed," Greek Migration Minister Yiannis Mouzalas wrote to German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere in a May 4th letter obtained by leftist daily Efimerida ton Syntakton.
The Greek migration ministry declined to comment, but earlier this month Mouzalas said the slowdown was due to "technical difficulties."
In the letter, Mouzalas reportedly acknowledges that the move - enacted because of the sheer volume of asylum requests - will affect "more than two thousand people" while some "will have to wait for years" to reach Germany even though their requests have been approved.
Ulla Jelpke, a deputy of German far-left Party Die Linke, earlier this month said Berlin had capped the number of refugees eligible for reunification at 70 people per month.
Accordingly, Efimerida ton Syntakton said there were 70 transfers in April compared to 540 in March and 370 in February.
