N. Mitarakis: Some, either for financial or ideological reasons, want it to be repeated in 2015

The organized effort to instrumentalize the Immigration that Europe accepts on multiple fronts, highlighted the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Mr. Notis Mitarakis, speaking in the Central News Bulletin of Star Channel.

Mr. Mitarakis stressed that “our country is guarding its borders. The Prime Minister said it clearly yesterday. Both at sea and with the fence on our land borders. Our country has borders. But we protect them with absolute respect to “We do what the law allows us to do. We prevent and do not allow illegal entry into Greek territorial waters,” he said, adding that “this year, we have the least loss of human lives in the Aegean for many years, thanks to the great effort of the Coast Guard.” Body ”.

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum pointed out that accusations of deportation “we have heard from the European Socialist Party and the official opposition, but also from many NGOs. There are some who, for economic or ideological reasons, want to be repeated in 2015.”

He further added that “Frontex has been audited by the European Parliament. Coast Guard filed and were examined by European agencies, without finding anything wrong “.

Mr. Mitarakis underlined that “the role of Turkey is not what Turkey would definitely want, thanks to our country. Because we were able to guard our borders from March 2020 until today, with the flows, this year, being reduced by 90%, this creates a great reduction of Turkey’s bargaining power in the European fora “.

“Unfortunately, Turkey is not implementing the 2016 Joint Declaration. First, to prevent illegal departures from Turkish territory. Any boat in the Aegean is a failure of EU foreign policy, it is a failure of Turkey to implement the agreement. Second. “to accept the returns of those who came to our country illegally, their case was judged and in the end they are not entitled to asylum”, he concluded characteristically.