Tsipras: 'Hypocrisy' for some to talk about giving money when we count hundreds of dead
The deadly shipwreck off the coast of the Peloponnese clearly shows the failure - not just of Greece but of the entire European Union - to promote a structured migration and refugee policy that makes saving human lives a top priority, SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Friday, talking to Euractiv. CE Report quoting Athens-Macedonian
"It is the height of hypocrisy to be counting hundreds of dead men, women and children at the depths of the Mediterranean Sea while some people in Brussels, Athens, Budapest and Berlin consider international law a "luxury" or "outdated" and say that all there is to discuss is how many euros will be given to reception countries to house the refugees there," he said.
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