Oxfam human rights organization on
Friday slammed a deal signed today at an EU-Turkey summit on
refugees and asylum seekers.
"The accord... violates international and European Union
law, trading human beings for political concessions," said Oxfam
Italy Director Elisa Bacciotti.
"(It) is another step towards the abyss of inhumanity -
moreover one disguised with withering hypocrisy, as a tool to
combat human trafficking. European border control cannot be paid
with human lives".
"We call on the EU to (set up) safe and legal humanitarian
corridors" for asylum seekers, Bacciotti said. "Member States
must take refugees in, according to their quota. One cannot put
a cap on this fundamental responsibility. You cannot stop
migration, only manage it as well as possible, and the Europe
that comes out of this umpteenth summit is dramatically far from
this approach".
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