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Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Unfortunately it’s not a failure of policy, it is policy. This is what Member State governments have been doing deliberately. So they actually think it’s a success because Moria was supposed to be a deterrent and not a success, and therefore I would not want to improve the camps, we have to abolish camps. This is Europe, we don’t keep people in camps. How can we with moral authority judge, criticise the United States where Trump is building a wall, separating children from their parents, even forced sterilisation of women, if we let people drown, if we let them starve, if we let them live in the streets without even water, food and medicine? Can we look ourselves in the eyes? Now, this is a joint European responsibility, I’ll come back to that, but it’s also a Greek responsibility. What happened to the hundreds of millions of euros that were allocated to the Greek authorities earlier this year to improve reception conditions? How is it possible that amongst the 12 000 in Moria there were 2 000 who had already obtained their status, but they were homeless and forced to live in Moria? Why did the Greek authorities lock people up in the camp where there was Corona, which is basically arbitrary detention, which is illegal. Now, some governments have been very generous in taking in refugees, but some governments, including my own, have been heartless and stingy. But we also have to be honest colleagues because those governments cover parties which are EPP, S&D, RENEW and the Greens. And you know what, because they’re all scared of the people over there: the far right who are dehumanising human beings. But we should stop being scared and we should take our responsibility and listen to our citizens, because they are actually a lot less scared. Listen to all those local authorities in all our countries who say we are ready, we can do it, yes we can we can do it, ‘ And one last sentence, President, read my lips: Moria shall not be the model for the migration act that we will ... (
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Gilles Lebreton
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Paralysée par son indécision, l’Union européenne n’a réussi ni à les empêcher d’arriver en Grèce, ni à les héberger dignement. Ce qui est encore plus grave, c’est que la Commission n’en a pas tiré les leçons. Dans son discours du 16 septembre, Mme von der Leyen nous a expliqué qu’il fallait désormais ouvrir les bras aux nouvelles vagues de migrants. Elle veut abroger le règlement de Dublin pour forcer les États européens à se répartir les centaines de milliers de migrants qui arriveront en Grèce et en Italie. Comme pompe aspirante de l’immigration, on ne fait pas mieux. Et en plus, elle veut créer des voies légales d’immigration, infligeant ainsi en quelque sorte une double peine aux nations européennes. La vraie solution se situe évidemment aux antipodes de ce triste programme de soumission, elle consiste à résister fermement aux passeurs et aux États, comme la Turquie, qui facilitent notre submersion. Mais l’Union ne sera pas capable de s’y résoudre, en tout cas pas tant qu’elle sera dirigée par le trio Merkel-Macron-von der Leyen. C’est par des décisions politiques fortes et non pas par des arguties juridiques que les peuples européens reprendront leur destin en main.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Terry Reintke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Our colleague Erik Marquardt is in Moria right now and he wanted to change that. That is why I want all of you to listen to the testimony that Zabi from Afghanistan gave to him, ‘Hi. My name is Zabi I’m from Afghanistan and I’m also one of the refugees who used to live in Camp Moria. Now that they have left Camp Moria, these refugees have been sleeping on the ground. This is an extremely horrible and heart-breaking situation.’
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Colleagues, we are here as Members of Parliament to help other people. We have other people to speak here. If we start that, we could have 450 million people speaking here! Ms Reintke, I am sorry, even though I understand what you want to say, please could you carry on in a different way – maybe reading it out or something?
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Terry Reintke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

‘If you think that the refugees are not suffering here, please see if you can come here with your own families, with your beloved ones. Cross the sea with a rubber boat and try to see if you can sleep on the ground with your beloved ones. Try it without having enough food, water or some sort of shelter. How can this happen? Honestly, we as refugees believed that human rights would be respected in Europe. The fact that we are refugees still doesn’t mean that we should be a burden on anyone’s shoulders. No, we can work as long as there are opportunities provided for us. We know how to even offer help because we have been through so much in life. We had heart-breaking reasons for leaving our countries. We had heart breaking reasons for leaving our families and our beloved ones behind. I don’t really know what else to say because these words should be enough to wake up those who take decisions.’
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Elena Kountoura
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Δημιουργήσατε στην Ελλάδα μια μορφή άτυπων φυλακών, παραβιάζοντας κατάφωρα το διεθνές δίκαιο των προσφύγων. Ως πότε θα δεχόμαστε να σηκώνουν το βάρος της ευθύνης για το προσφυγικό τα ελληνικά νησιά; Η λύση σ’ αυτή την ανθρωπιστική κρίση δεν είναι άλλη μία «Μόρια». Χρειάζεται απάντηση ευρωπαϊκή στη βάση μιας αληθινής αλληλεγγύης. Είναι επιτακτική ανάγκη να συγκληθεί μια έκτακτη σύνοδος κορυφής της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης για την επίλυση της ανθρωπιστικής καταστροφής. Χρειάζεται ένα βιώσιμο νέο Σύμφωνο για το Άσυλο και τη Μετανάστευση που θα είναι πριν απ’ όλα δίκαιο, που θα βασίζεται σε μία υποχρεωτική, αυτόματη μετεγκατάσταση των αιτούντων άσυλο, και με ένα σταθερό προκαθορισμένο ποσοστό καταμερισμού των προσφύγων σε όλα τα κράτη μέλη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Ioannis Lagos
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: EL

Και ένα τελευταίο ερώτημα που έχω να απευθύνω σε όλους: Γιατί οι λαθρο-μουσουλμάνοι δεν πηγαίνουν στις πλούσιες μουσουλμανικές χώρες —στη Σαουδική Αραβία, στο Κατάρ— και έρχονται στην Ευρώπη, στην οποία δεν είναι αποδεκτοί;
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Malin Björk
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Czechia
Language: EN

Madam President, this speaker and the previous speaker, what they’re saying amounts to hate speech. To accuse migrants of rape and to accuse them of being Islamists setting fire to the camp – this is hate speech. I think that this should not be allowed in this way in this Chamber.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Political group: PPE
Country: Sweden
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, κυρίες και κύριοι συνάδελφοι, για μία ακόμη φορά, από το 2015, μας απασχολεί σοβαρά το μεταναστευτικό. Ένα θέμα που συνδέεται άμεσα με την αναθεωρητική Τουρκία, η οποία μας εκβιάζει εργαλειοποιώντας ανθρώπινες ψυχές. Στην αντιμετώπιση του προβλήματος αυτού, κύριοι συνάδελφοι, έχουμε αποτύχει. Αυτή είναι η αλήθεια. Και η Ευρώπη δεν μπορεί να αποτύχει δυο φορές, όπως εύστοχα παρατήρησε πρόσφατα ο Αντιπρόεδρος κ. Σχοινάς.  Έχουμε ενώπιόν μας μια μεγάλη πρόκληση: Να επιτύχουμε, για να συνεχίσουμε ενωμένοι. Δεν υπάρχουν μαγικές λύσεις αλλά ένας και μόνο δρόμος: Να αναλάβουν όλα τα κράτη μέλη δράση. Αυτό επεσήμανε εμφατικά και η Πρόεδρος κ. von der Leyen χθες, στη σημαντική ομιλία της. Η ελληνική κυβέρνηση έχει προβεί σε ουσιαστικά βήματα: αποτελεσματική φύλαξη των εξωτερικών συνόρων, επιτάχυνση των διαδικασιών ασύλου, σταδιακή αποσυμφόρηση των νησιών και πρόοδο στις επιστροφές. Όμως η Ελλάδα δεν μπορεί μόνη της.  Το νέο Ευρωπαϊκό Σύστημα Ασύλου πρέπει να σηματοδοτήσει μια καινούργια εποχή για τη μετανάστευση· να προσδίδει στην αλληλεγγύη υποχρεωτικό χαρακτήρα έναντι όλων, για να αναλάβουμε όλοι τις ευθύνες μας· να θεσμοθετηθεί μόνιμος ευρωπαϊκός μηχανισμός επιστροφών και διαρκές σύστημα μετεγκατάστασης προσφύγων, αναλογικά και βάσει κριτηρίων, σε όλα τα κράτη μέλη, διότι δεν είναι δυνατόν να επωμίζονται πάντα το βάρος της διαχείρισης χιλιάδων ανθρώπων μόνον οι χώρες πρώτης υποδοχής. Το μεταναστευτικό, συνάδελφοι, είναι ουσιώδες ευρωπαϊκό κεφάλαιο, γι’ αυτό οφείλουμε να μην επιτρέψουμε να μας διχάσει.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Before we continue, I just want to say that we obviously have had differences within interpreting, so I just want to remind everyone that this is not the place where we distribute hate speech or false accusations. We will carefully look at what just happened in the last speeches.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Kati Piri
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

Madam President, Moria equals Europe’s shame. This is how we, the richest continent in the world, in 2020 welcome people fleeing war. Not by giving them protection but by stripping them of their human dignity. Gerald Knaus has rightly referred to the camp as the ‘Guantanamo for refugees’, and what happened in Moria last week is a shock but not a surprise. Moria was a time-bomb waiting to explode, and now 12 000 people lost the only thing they had left: their tents. Hope, they had already lost months’ ago. It’s a collective moral failure of the European Union by the Member States, leaving the burden all on the shoulders of the people living on the Greek islands, and some even wanting the misery to be a deterrent for others to arrive. But also by the Greek authorities who failed with EUR 2.6 billion in financial support to build decent humane reception facilities, and with the coast guard actively engaged in illegal and dangerous push-backs. With some empathy, solidarity and moral authority, we know what has to happen. Evacuation and relocation, and not only for the unaccompanied minors. Next week, the Commission will present its Migration Pact. Commissioner, we count on you. Let this finally be the moment of renewal of our principles. With a mandatory relocation of refugees and, as you said, no more Morias on European soil ever again.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Malik Azmani
Political group: Renew
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Madam President, for years we have been debating incident after incident, whilst we should have been realising a renewed migration policy. Our current immigration policy is not fit for purpose. Recent fires in Moria are another cynical reminder that we must do much better. It is time to act.  Despite the efforts of the current Greek Government to improve the situation on Lesbos, we need a sustainable solution. We need a future-proof migration policy. Renew Europe already presented proposals in January. Proper migration management is about being in control, and it is a shared European responsibility. As long as migrants find their way to the EU via irregular routes, we need a proper response. We owe that to these people, but also to our citizens.  We need European reception centres at the EU external borders with adequate facilities. We need a first assessment at external borders to determine who is likely to get asylum and who is not. We need a joint effort to improve returns for those not eligible to stay and we need better and faster asylum procedures. Unfortunately, the Council is not joining us today in this important debate. My question would be, when will the German Presidency start negotiations on the proposals that will be presented next week? There is no time to lose.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Gianantonio Da Re
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'incendio del campo profughi di Moria, che ospitava quasi tredicimila persone, è un tipico esempio di catastrofe annunciata, avvenuta nell'indifferenza e la colpevole inerzia dell'Unione europea.  Il campo profughi di Moria rappresenta infatti il fallimento della politica migratoria europea, il cui apice è stato raggiunto nel 2016 con l'accordo nefasto tra l'Unione europea e la Turchia, un accordo che il dittatore Erdogan non ha mai rispettato e che di fatto ha trasformato le isole greche in carcere a cielo aperto.  Da mesi la Turchia provoca l'Europa in due modi: incentivando il passaggio dei migranti illegali in Grecia, pur ricevendo finanziamenti europei di 6 miliardi di euro per accoglierli, e violando la sovranità greca e cipriota con navi da perforazione e navi da guerra. Non dobbiamo cedere alle minacce della Turchia, che non è e non sarà mai Europa. Non posso che condividere quanto affermato ieri dalla Presidente von der Leyen, secondo cui la politica migratoria è una sfida dell'Europa e i paesi più esposti ai flussi migratori come la Grecia e l'Italia devono poter contare sulla solidarietà di tutta l'Unione europea. La prossima settimana la Commissione europea presenterà un nuovo patto sulla migrazione e l'asilo: ebbene, auspico che la nuova proposta della Commissione europea non sia solo uno spot elettorale ma si traduca in fatti concreti ed azioni rapide. L'Europa non può essere assente in questa fase.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Madam President. I wish to thank the Commissioner for her statement. The lacking statement of the German Presidency is unfortunately also a message. Yesterday, President von der Leyen emphasised the importance of our common values. Tell the children in Moria – exhausted after six months of confinement, lacking sufficient care and food, traumatised by the fire, sleeping on the street. Tell them about our common values. Share it with the refugee who said ‘we lost everything in Syria. We came for protection and we found ourselves in life—threatening circumstances right here. Take us out of this hell’. The strength and sincerity of our common values are best shown in the way we treat refugees, who rely on us. Until now the EU has failed this test.  So Commissioner, and also the Council – I hope they’re listening – please prove that these values also apply to refugees. I urge you, do not rebuild Moria on the islands as this will end up in the same misery. Ensure the right to asylum by acting firmly against the push—backs to Turkey. Take your responsibilities seriously and assure a real protective environment and procedure. Evacuate them from the islands, distribute them among the Member States and apply these harmful lessons to the new pact. We have no time to lose.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Carlo Fidanza
Political group: ECR
Country: Greece
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, il campo profughi di Moria e l'intera isola di Lesbo sono diventati un inferno senza speranza per tutti: residenti, immigrati ed operatori. L'incendio divampato nel campo è solamente l'ultimo episodio e un ulteriore grave problema per l'isola greca. Peraltro, secondo le autorità greche, a cui va tutta la nostra vicinanza, sarebbero stati proprio alcuni dei residenti del campo ad appiccare l'incendio, com'era già successo in passato, per protestare contro la situazione nel campo. La situazione a Lesbo è al collasso, come anche in altre zone di confine dell'Unione, come nella nostra Lampedusa, in Sicilia, nella totale inerzia delle autorità europee.  È un'Europa che non agisce per fermare le partenze e nemmeno per rimpatriare quella stragrande maggioranza di immigrati che, purtroppo, non sono profughi bensì irregolari, e come tali devono essere espulsi.  Un'Europa sotto ricatto dei trafficanti di esseri umani, un'Europa che subisce i diktat di Erdogan, il quale usa il ricatto migratorio come arma di pressione politica contro l'Europa, cui unisce una sempre più aggressiva presenza militare in tutto il Mediterraneo. L'Europa si difenda o sarà troppo tardi.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Political group: GUE/NGL
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, hemos escuchado hipócritas lamentaciones —y lo digo así, «hipócritas lamentaciones»— por parte de la Comisión en esta Cámara. El incendio de Moria es una tragedia anunciada desde hace mucho tiempo. No es una casualidad, sino que es una consecuencia directa de una política migratoria criminal de la que la Unión Europea es culpable. Igual que de las muertes en el Egeo, el Mediterráneo o el Atlántico.  Unas políticas migratorias que cuestionan a refugiados y migrantes el derecho a tener derechos; y cuestionando sus derechos cuestionan los de todos los europeos. Exigimos la reubicación urgente y en condiciones dignas de las más de 13 000 personas atrapadas en Lesbos; la prohibición de los campamentos cerrados, que son auténticas cárceles a cielo abierto; y un cambio radical de la política migratoria europea para que no vuelva a existir ningún campamento de Moria, ningún campamento de la vergüenza. ¡Tomen medidas ya!
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, η τραγωδία στη Μόρια είναι προδιαγεγραμμένο έγκλημα με ενόχους την πολιτική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης και των ελληνικών κυβερνήσεων, που δημιούργησαν αποθήκες ψυχών και επέτρεψαν να ενταθούν οι ανθρωπιστικοί και υγειονομικοί κίνδυνοι για ανθρώπους κατατρεγμένους από τους πολέμους και από τις ιμπεριαλιστικές επεμβάσεις, που οι ίδιοι —η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, το ΝΑΤΟ και οι Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες, δηλαδή— διεξάγουν. Έχουν σταθερό στόχο τη δημιουργία Κέντρου Υποδοχής και Ταυτοποίησης με μετατροπή της Λέσβου και άλλων νησιών του Αιγαίου σε μόνιμα στρατόπεδα συγκέντρωσης και, για να τον επιτύχουν, επιστρατεύουν τα ΜΑΤ και εντείνουν την καταστολή σε βάρος προσφύγων και νησιωτών.  Παρά τις υποκριτικές ανησυχίες που επιδιώκουν να συσκοτίσουν τις ευθύνες της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, όσο παραμένουν σε ισχύ η συμφωνία Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης-Τουρκίας και ο κανονισμός του Δουβλίνου, τόσο θα συντηρείται και θα γιγαντώνεται το πρόβλημα. Να κλείσουν οριστικά η Μόρια και τα αλλά ΚΥΤ των νησιών. Να οργανωθεί άμεσα η μεταφορά των προσφύγων προς την ηπειρωτική χώρα, με τήρηση των υγειονομικών πρωτοκόλλων. Να εξασφαλιστούν ανθρώπινες συνθήκες ασφάλειας και υγιεινής για την προσωρινή τους φιλοξενία, με δυνατότητα να αιτηθούν άσυλο αφού φτάσουν στις χώρες του τελικού τους προορισμού.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, het is niet de eerste keer dat we over Moria spreken, maar het moet wel de laatste keer zijn. Slechte voorzieningen in overbevolkte kampen, het is een schande voor Europa. En hoe nu verder? Voor de korte termijn is dat duidelijk. Asielzoekers die door de brand getroffen zijn, moeten snel geholpen worden en de Griekse regering moet daarbij op onze steun kunnen rekenen. Betere opvang in Griekenland en herverdelen, ook over andere lidstaten. Het is goed dat zoveel lidstaten al hulp aangeboden hebben.  Voor een echte oplossing hebben we echter een echt Europees effectief asiel- en migratiebeleid nodig. Samenwerken met andere landen om te voorkomen dat mensen zonder perspectief op asiel levensgevaarlijke tochten op gammele bootjes ondernemen. Efficiënte en rechtvaardige procedures aan onze grenzen om snel vast te stellen of iemand daadwerkelijk vlucht voor oorlog. Want zoals de commissaris terecht zei: bij twee derde van de mensen die op dit moment aankomen in de Europese Unie is die bescherming niet noodzakelijk, en ook dat is een onderdeel van dit debat, dat we echt wat eerlijker zullen moeten voeren.  Fatsoenlijke opvang en integratie van echte vluchtelingen is absoluut cruciaal. Daar moeten we veel meer aan doen, maar tegelijkertijd moeten we er ook echt voor zorgen dat we eindelijk een systeem krijgen waarbij mensen die geen asiel ontvangen ook daadwerkelijk terugkeren naar het land van herkomst. Het draagvlak in onze samenleving voor de opvang van kwetsbare vluchtelingen is groot, dat hebben we in de nasleep van de brand op Moria gezien en daar mogen we trots op zijn. Het is aan ons hier in dit huis om er samen met de Raad, die inderdaad jammer genoeg afwezig is, en met de Europese Commissie voor te zorgen dat dat draagvlak in de toekomst niet verloren gaat.
Debate: The need for an immediate and humanitarian EU response to the current situation in the refugee camp in Moria
Date: THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
Speaker: Birgit Sippel
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Keine Perspektive, keine Hoffnung, kein Ausweg! Die Zustände in Moria waren seit Langem für alle Menschen auf der Insel unerträglich. Moria steht zugleich symbolisch für das Versagen aller Mitgliedsstaaten, unsere Werte und internationales Recht solidarisch umzusetzen.  Überforderten Regionen wird echte Solidarität verweigert, Mitgliedsstaaten missachten Gesetze und Werte ohne Konsequenz, hilfesuchenden Menschen werden fundamentale Rechte verwehrt, auch ohne Konsequenz. Das ist ein politischer Scherbenhaufen. In Kürze erwarten wir den neuen Migrationspakt der Kommission. Wir könnten die Scherben jetzt gemeinsam ausfegen, einen neuen Aufbruch wagen.