The top priority of the new European Commission is an urgent agreement for a sustainable, comprehensive and cohesive European policy in the refugee and migrants issue, stressed designated vice president of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas in a videotaped message at Thessaloniki Summit 2019 on Thursday, according to ANA.
“Europe will remain an asylum destination and will always be a shield for the weak and the vulnerable. At the same time, whoever is not entitled to asylum and has no reason to be placed under European protection will be sent back,” cited Schinas.
On the major issue of migration, he added that there is no more time for delay and “an agreement must be reached immediately for a sustainable, cohesive and comprehensive European policy with common management of the borders, effective guarding of the borders, the completion of the common European asylum policy, better integration of third-country nationals in European communities and a common strategy attracting highly qualified migrants.”
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