Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called for a common EU policy on asylum seekers and on the continent’s external border protection, speaking during the second day of the European People’s Party (EPP) Congress in Zagreb, ANA reports.
“There are three things we need to do if we want to deal with the migration crisis effectively: Protect our borders, share the responsibility equally among member states and also look into the root cause of the problem, which is war and poverty in some important parts of the world,” noted the prime minister.
Mitsotakis also accused Turkey of using the migration crisis for leverage in international negotiations and said that Europe cannot be blackmailed on this issue. He also stressed how “it is time to have some honest dialogue and fewer irresponsible statements,” and stressed that Turkey must fulfill its part of the EU-Turkey Statement on migration.
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