The UN warned that failure to agree on a united response to the crisis endangered the concept of European unity. Peter Sutherland, the UN’s special representative on international migration, said: “If there is no agreement to share refugees between the countries of the European Union, it risks undermining the very essence of the European project.”Europe’s biggest refugee crisis in 70 years atomized into a chaotic series of border confrontations and diplomatic disputes this weekend, as crowds of refugees were blocked from passing through a number of crossings in central Europe, prompting the UN to warn that the concept of European unity was at risk. Hungary sent armored vehicles to its border with Croatia, while Slovenian police sealed several crossings after Croatia attempted to offload tens of thousands of refugees who are using it as an alternative entry point to the European Union. Croatian policemen accompanying hundreds of migrants into Hungary were disarmed by their Hungarian counterparts and turned away, while Slovenian police used pepper spray to ward off hundreds, mostly Syrians and Afghans, trying to cross to reach the countries of northern Europe. The chaos had been sparked by Hungary’s decision to shut off its southern border with Serbia, blocking a well-trodden refugee railroad that has brought more than 170,000 refugees into the EU since the start of the year. .. Cultural differences. When there is a crisis, Austria, Germany, France, Holland, Italy, Belgium, Sweden all talk to each other and try to solve the problem together. Whereas Eastern Europe starts a bitching war amongst each other. Old EU and the new kids in it. Not sure it was wise to take them in. Not only do they only cost money, they also start beating each other up. Maybe just suspend them for 10 years from the EU until they have grown up?
No comments:
Post a Comment